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Externalize vs Eternalize - What's the difference?

externalize | eternalize |

As verbs the difference between externalize and eternalize

is that externalize is to make something external or objective while eternalize is to make eternal; to immortalize.

externalize

English

Verb

(externaliz)
  • To make something external or objective
  • To represent something abstract or intangible as material; to embody
  • (psychology) To attribute emotions etc to external circumstances; to project
  • (economics) To direct to others, as costs or benefits.
  • Offering high-quality software as open-source externalizes''' benefits to a large community, but also '''externalizes much of the cost of testing and further development.
    Operating a low-cost, high-pollution manufacturing process externalizes costs in the form of adverse human health consequences and ecosystem effects.

    eternalize

    English

    Verb

    (eternaliz)
  • To make eternal; to immortalize.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 7, author=T. Coraghessan Boyle, title=The Road Home, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=This occasions a flood of recollected sensory detail, Updike at his best, an eternalizing of the moment of that kiss which stands in defiance of age and decrepitude and the bone cancer winnowing Mamie in the prison of her reduced self. }}