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Revolute vs Revolutionize - What's the difference?

revolute | revolutionize |

As verbs the difference between revolute and revolutionize

is that revolute is to roll back, curve upwards while revolutionize is to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution.

As an adjective revolute

is rolled or recurved on itself.

revolute

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Adjective

(-)
  • Rolled or recurved on itself.
  • (botany) Having the edges rolled with the abaxial side outward.
  • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to roll back, curve upwards
  • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to participate in or incite a revolution or revolt
  • * 1893, Daily Evening Expositor, editorial, January 28
  • The Hawaiians have ‘revoluted ’ and dethroned the fat squaw they have hitherto chosen to call a queen.
  • * 1996, Lester D. Langley, The Banana Men: American Mercenaries and Entrepreneurs in Central America, 1880-1930
  • Christmas always thought himself a “patriotic American,” but, as he saw the matter, a little “revoluting ” on behalf of his benefactors—Manuel Bonilla and Estrada Cabrera—in no sense harmed the interestes of the United States.
  • * 2000, Barbara Bush, Imperialism, Race and Resistance: Africa and Britain 1919-1945
  • Achimota was Fraser’s life’s work, evidence that ‘the glorious West African people’ were gradually changing their conditions by ‘evolving not revoluting [sic ]’.
  • * 2003, Ed McClanahan, Famous People I Have Known
  • I rocked and rolled. I ingested illicit substances. I revoluted .
  • * 2004, Samuel Hopkins Adams, The Unspeakable Perk
  • “Pins through scarabs,” she laughed, “while beneath you Caracuna riots and revolutes and massacres foreigners.

    Anagrams

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    revolutionize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (UK) revolutionise

    Verb

    (revolutioniz)
  • to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution