Formulate vs Formalize - What's the difference?
formulate | formalize |
To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.
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To give something a definite form; to shape.
To give something a formal or official standing.
To act with formality.
As verbs the difference between formulate and formalize
is that formulate is to reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression while formalize is to give something a definite form; to shape.formulate
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
- Another source of evidence supporting the conclusion that children learn language by formulating a set of rules comes from the errors'' that they produce. A case in point are overgeneralized past tense forms like ''comed'', ''goed'', ''seed'', ''buyed'', ''bringed , etc. frequently used by young children. [...]
