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Memorize vs Memoize - What's the difference?

memorize | memoize |

As verbs the difference between memorize and memoize

is that memorize is to learn by heart, commit to memory while memoize is to store (the result of a computed expression) so that it can be subsequently retrieved without repeating the computation.

memorize

English

Alternative forms

* (UK) memorise

Verb

  • to learn by heart, commit to memory
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  • * 2009 , A Practical Study of Argument (ISBN 0495603406), page 123:
    • Many years ago there was a rumor that a basketball star (Jerry Lucas of the New York Knicks) had memorized the entire Manhattan phone book.
  • * 2009 , Hailey Abbott, The Perfect Boy (ISBN 006197157X), page 258:
    • She was so used to the way he moved—they'd been practicing together for years, and she'd memorized the way his body worked.

    Derived terms

    * memorization

    memoize

    English

    Verb

  • (computing) To store (the result of a computed expression) so that it can be subsequently retrieved without repeating the computation.

    • Derived terms

    * memoization