Epitomizes vs Embodies - What's the difference?
epitomizes | embodies |
(epitomize)
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To make an epitome of.
To be an epitome of.
* 1997 , Michael Moortgat, Categorial Type Logics'', in ''Handbook of Logic and Language , ed. J. van Benthem and A. ter Meulen, p. 99
(embody)
To represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify
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* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times
, passage=The generational shift Mr. Obama once embodied is, in fact, well under way, but it will not change Washington as quickly — or as harmoniously — as a lot of voters once hoped.}}
To include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole
As verbs the difference between epitomizes and embodies
is that epitomizes is third-person singular of epitomize while embodies is third-person singular of embody.epitomizes
English
Verb
(head)epitomize
English
Alternative forms
* epitomiseVerb
(epitomiz)- The framework of Combinatory Categorial Grammar epitomizes the rule-based generalized categorial architecture.
Synonyms
* sum upDerived terms
* epitomizer * epitomization * epitomisticembodies
English
Verb
(head)embody
English
Verb
(en-verb)- As the car salesman approached, wearing a plaid suit and slicked-back hair, he seemed to embody sleaze.
- The soul, while it is embodied , can no more be divided from sin.
citation
- The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists.
- The principle was recognized by some of the early Greek philosophers who embodied it in their systems.