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Organize vs Synthesize - What's the difference?

organize | synthesize |

In transitive terms the difference between organize and synthesize

is that organize is to furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter; — in this sense used chiefly in the past participle while synthesize is to combine two or more things to produce a new, more complex product.

organize

English

Alternative forms

* organise

Verb

(organiz)
  • To (l) in working order.
  • To (l) in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
  • * Cranch
  • This original and supreme will organizes the government.
  • To (l) with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter; — in this sense used chiefly in the past participle.
  • * Ray
  • These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized could never produce.
  • (music) To sing in parts.
  • to organize an anthem
    (Busby)

    Derived terms

    * organized * organizer * organization * self-organize

    synthesize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * synthesise (UK)

    Verb

    (synthesiz)
  • To combine two or more things to produce a new, more complex product.
  • (of two or more things) To be combined producing a new, more complex product.
  • (chemistry) To produce a substance by chemical synthesis.
  • (intransitive, chemistry, of a substance) To be produced by chemical synthesis.
  • Derived terms

    * photosynthesize