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Objectify vs Projection - What's the difference?

objectify | projection |

As a verb objectify

is to make something (such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses.

As a noun projection is

something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.

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

    projection

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
    • The face of the cliff had many projections which are big enough for birds to nest on.
  • The action of projecting]] or throwing or [[propel, propelling something.
  • The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.
  • A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation
  • (psychology) A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself
  • (photography) The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
  • (cartography) Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth to be represented on a flat surface. The set of mathematics used to calculate coordinate positions.
  • (geometry) An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.
  • (linear algebra) An idempotent linear transformation which maps vectors from a vector space onto a subspace.
  • (mathematics) A transformation which extracts a fragment of a mathematical object.
  • (category theory) A morphism from a categorical product to one of its (two) components.

    • Synonyms

    * (something which sticks out) protuberance

    Derived terms

    * * astral projection * axonometric projection * dimetric projection * graphical projection * oblique projection * orthographic projection * parallel projection * perspective projection * projective * isometric projection * trimetric projection

    Related terms

    * (l)

    External links

    * ("projection" on Wikipedia)