Realize vs Effect - What's the difference?
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To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to accomplish.
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To become aware of a fact or situation.
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To cause to seem real; to impress upon the mind as actual; to feel vividly or strongly; to make one's own in apprehension or experience.
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(business) To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get
* (rfdate) (Macaulay)
(transitive, business, finance) To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares, bonds, etc.
* (rfdate) (Washington Irving)
(transitive, business, obsolete) To convert into real property; to make real estate of.
The result or outcome of a cause. See below.
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, title= Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
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(filmology) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
(sound engineering) An alteration in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
(sound engineering) A device for producing an alteration in sound produced by an instrument.
Execution; performance; realization; operation.
* Shakespeare
# (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
(usually plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to .
* Bible, Chron. xxxiv. 22
(obsolete) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
* Denham
(obsolete) Manifestation; expression; sign.
* Shakespeare
To make or bring about; to implement.
Effect is a synonym of realize.
As verbs the difference between realize and effect
is that realize is to make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to accomplish while effect is to make or bring about; to implement.As a noun effect is
the result or outcome of a cause. See usage notes below.realize
English
Alternative forms
* realise (non-Oxford British spelling)Verb
(realiz)- We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighting a single grain against the globe of earth.
- That any civilized human being in this nineteenth century should not be aware that the earth travelled round the sun appeared to be to me such an extraordinary fact that I could hardly realize it.
- Many coincidences . . . soon begin to appear in them [Greek inscriptions] which realize ancient history to us.
- We can not realize it in thought, that the object . . . had really no being at any past moment.
- Knighthood was not beyond the reach of any man who could by diligent thrift realize a good estate.
- Wary men took the alarm, and began to realize , a word now first brought into use to express the conversion of ideal property into something real.
Synonyms
* (to convert to actuality) accomplish, actualizeDerived terms
* realizable * realizationReferences
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(wikipedia effect)Noun
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Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}
- patchwork introduced for oratorical effect
- The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place.
- That no compunctious visitings of nature / Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between / The effect and it.
- They spake to her to that effect .
- no other in effect than what it seems
- All the large effects / That troop with majesty.
Usage notes
The words “affect” and “effect'” can both be used as nouns or verbs, but when used as a noun the word affect is limited to uses in the psychology field, and the above definitions for ' effect are much more common. See also the usage notes as a verb below. Adjectives often applied to "effect": * biological, chemical, cultural, economic, legal, mental, moral, nutritional, personal, physical, physiological, political and social * actual, bad, beneficial, catastrophic, deleterious, disastrous, devastating, fatal, good, harmful, important, intended, likely, natural, negative, positive, potential, primary, real, secondary, significant, special, strong, undesirable and weakDerived terms
(noun phrases using effect) * after-effect, aftereffect * butterfly effect * domino effect * Doppler effect * greenhouse effect * in effect * knock-on effect * Nader effect * personal effects * ripple effect * side effect * snowball effect * special effect * sound effect * spoiler effectVerb
(en verb)- The best way to effect change is to work with existing stakeholders.