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Literalize vs Liberalize - What's the difference?

literalize | liberalize |

As verbs the difference between literalize and liberalize

is that literalize is to make literal or prosaic while liberalize is to make liberal, free.

literalize

English

Alternative forms

*literalise

Verb

(literaliz)
  • To make literal or prosaic
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 15, Ben Ratliff, Club Jazz That Travels a Line Between Old Fashions and New Tastes, New York Times citation
    • , passage=The band seemed at the start to literalize a mysterious piece of writing; its structure was clear when this band played it. }}

    Derived terms

    *literalization

    liberalize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * liberalise

    Verb

    (liberaliz)
  • to make liberal, free.
  • to become liberal, free.