Redeem vs Transform - What's the difference?
redeem | transform |
To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
To liberate by payment of a ransom.
To set free by force.
To save, rescue
To clear, release from debt or blame
To expiate, atone (for ...)
(finance) To convert (some bond or security) into cash
To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
To repair, restore
To reform, change (for the better)
To restore the reputation or honour of oneself or something.
(archaic) To reclaim
To change greatly the appearance or form of.
* Shakespeare
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To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
* Bible, Romans xii. 2
(mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
(electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
(genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
To undergo a transformation.
In transitive terms the difference between redeem and transform
is that redeem is to restore the reputation or honour of oneself or something while transform is to change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.As a noun transform is
the result of a transformation.redeem
English
Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
* (recover ownership) buy back, repurchaseAntonyms
* abandonDerived terms
* redeem oneself * redeemable * redeemably * redeemer * unredeemable * unredeemably * unredeemedtransform
English
Verb
(en verb)- The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
- Love may transform me to an oyster.
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- Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.