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Deify vs Reify - What's the difference?

deify | reify |

In transitive terms the difference between deify and reify

is that deify is to treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity while reify is to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.

deify

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To make a god of (something or someone).
  • To treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity.

    • Synonyms

    * (to make a god of something): apotheosize, exalt, idealize

    Related terms

    * deific * deification * deified

    Anagrams

    * English words not following the I before E except after C rule

    reify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing

    • Synonyms

    * conceptualize, concretize, objectify, picture, thingify

    Related terms

    * reification

    See also

    * personify

    Anagrams

    * *