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Rationalize vs Modernize - What's the difference?

rationalize | modernize |

As verbs the difference between rationalize and modernize

is that rationalize is to make something rational or more rational while modernize is to bring something up to date, or make it modern in style or function.

rationalize

Alternative forms

* (l) (UK et al)

Verb

(rationaliz)
  • To make something rational or more rational.
  • To justify an immoral act, or illogical behaviour. “The process of thought by which one justifies a discreditable act, and by which one offers to oneself and the world a better motive for one's action than the true motive”
  • (mathematics) To remove radicals, without changing the value of an expression or the roots of an equation.
  • To structure something along modern, efficient and systematic lines, or according to scientific principles.
  • Derived terms

    * (l), (l)

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    modernize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * modernise

    Verb

    (moderniz)
  • To bring something up to date, or make it modern in style or function
  • To become modern in appearance, or adopt modern ways
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