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Ratified vs Codified - What's the difference?

ratified | codified |

As verbs the difference between ratified and codified

is that ratified is (ratify) while codified is (codify).

ratified

English

Verb

(head)
  • (ratify)

  • ratify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To give formal consent to; make officially valid.
  • Synonyms

    * (give formal consent to): approve

    codified

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (codify)

  • codify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.
  • :
  • To collect and arrange in a systematic form.
  • *
  • *:The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth?;. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “?near-aissance.”
  • Derived terms

    * codifiability * codification * codifier