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Sensitize vs Sharpen - What's the difference?

sensitize | sharpen |

As verbs the difference between sensitize and sharpen

is that sensitize is to make increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way while sharpen is to make sharp.

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.

    Related terms

    * desensitize * sensitive * sensitization

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    sharpen

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, sometimes, figurative) To make sharp
  • * (Edmund Burke) (1729-1797)
    • He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill.
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    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.

    Antonyms

    * blunt

    Derived terms

    * sharpener