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Ratify vs Codify - What's the difference?

ratify | codify |

As verbs the difference between ratify and codify

is that ratify is to give formal consent to; make officially valid while codify is to reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.

ratify

English

Verb

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

    * (give formal consent to): approve

    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