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Sensitize vs Activate - What's the difference?

sensitize | activate |

As verbs the difference between sensitize and activate

is that sensitize is to make increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way while activate is to put into action, to put to work.

sensitize

English

Verb

  • To make increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way.
  • Ever since the burglary, we've been more sensitized to home security issues.

    activate

    English

    Verb

    (activat)
  • To put into action, to put to work.
  • To turn on.
  • Synonyms

    * actuate

    Antonyms

    * deactivate