Marginalize vs Isolate - What's the difference?
marginalize | isolate |
To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people,) to the margins or to a lower limit
(label) To set apart or cut off from others.
(label) To place in quarantine or isolation.
(senseid) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
(label) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
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, title= To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
(label) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
In transitive terms the difference between marginalize and isolate
is that marginalize is to relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people,) to the margins or to a lower limit while isolate is to insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.As a noun isolate is
something that has been isolated.marginalize
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Alternative forms
* marginalise (mostly British)Verb
(en-verb)Synonyms
*invisibilizeisolate
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Verb
It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}