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Nullify vs Neutralise - What's the difference?

nullify | neutralise |

As verbs the difference between nullify and neutralise

is that nullify is to make legally invalid while neutralise is to make inactive or ineffective.

nullify

English

Verb

  • (legal) to make legally invalid.
    • The contract has been nullified .
  • to prevent from happening

    • Related terms

    * null * nullification * nullifiable * annihilate

    Synonyms

    * (to make legally invalid) annul, cancel

    neutralise

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (American)

    Verb

    (neutralis)
  • To make inactive or ineffective.
    • The antidote neutralised the toxin.

    Anagrams

    * British English forms ----