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Objectify vs Objectize - What's the difference?

objectify | objectize |

As verbs the difference between objectify and objectize

is that objectify is to make something (such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses while objectize is to turn into, or treat as, an object; to objectify.

objectify

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • to make something (such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses
  • * 1906 : Jack London, White Fang
    • It was the unknown, objectified at last, in concrete flesh and blood, bending over him and reaching down to seize hold of him.
  • to treat as something objectively real
  • * 1921 : Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow
    • The mystic objectifies a rich feeling in the pit of the stomach into a cosmology.
  • to treat as a mere object and deny the dignity of
  • * 1999 : Dawson's Creek (TV, episode 3.04)
    • The entire notion of cheerleading is just a sexist attempt to try to objectify the female body.

    Synonyms

    * reify, thingify

    Derived terms

    * objectification

    objectize

    English

    Verb

    (objectiz)
  • To turn into, or treat as, an object; to objectify.
    • (Coleridge)
    (Webster 1913)