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Marginalize vs Isolate - What's the difference?

marginalize | isolate |

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

English

Alternative forms

* marginalise (mostly British)

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people,) to the margins or to a lower limit
  • Synonyms

    *invisibilize

    isolate

    English

    Verb

  • (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.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= 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.}}
  • To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
  • (label) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that has been isolated.
  • Anagrams

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