Galvanise vs Actuate - What's the difference?
galvanise | actuate | Related terms |
(chiefly British) To shock or stimulate into sudden activity.
(chiefly British) To coat with rust-resistant zinc.
(chemistry) (chiefly British): To coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means.
To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
* Johnson
To incite to action; to motivate.
* 1748 . HUME, David Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 11.
* Addison
Galvanise is a related term of actuate.
As verbs the difference between galvanise and actuate
is that galvanise is while actuate is to activate, or to put into motion; to animate.galvanise
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Alternative forms
* galvanize (mostly US)Verb
(en-verb)Derived terms
* galvanisationactuate
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Verb
(actuat)- Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion.
- A man in a fit of anger, is actuated in a very different manner from one who only thinks of that emotion.
- Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it.