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Codified vs Formalized - What's the difference?

codified | formalized |

As verbs the difference between codified and formalized

is that codified is past tense of codify while formalized is past tense of formalize.

codified

English

Verb

(head)
  • (codify)

  • codify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.
  • :
  • To collect and arrange in a systematic form.
  • *
  • *:The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth?;. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “?near-aissance.”
  • Derived terms

    * codifiability * codification * codifier

    formalized

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (formalize)

  • formalize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * formalise

    Verb

    (formaliz)
  • To give something a definite form; to shape.
  • To give something a formal or official standing.
  • To act with formality.
  • Derived terms

    * formalizable