Specialize vs Concentrate - What's the difference?
specialize | concentrate |
To mention specially; to particularize.
To apply to some specialty or limited object; to assign to a specific use; as, specialized knowledge.
(biology) To supply with an organ or organs having a special function or functions.
(ambitransitive) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense (qualifier, as opposed to 'dilute').
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
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As verbs the difference between specialize and concentrate
is that specialize is to mention specially; to particularize while concentrate is to bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.As a noun concentrate is
a substance that is in a condensed form.specialize
English
Alternative forms
* specialise (non-Oxford British spelling)Verb
(specializ)Antonyms
* generalizeDerived terms
* specialty, speciality * specialist * subspecialize * subspecialty, subspeciality * subspecialist * specialisation, specializationconcentrate
English
Verb
(concentrat)- to concentrate rays of light into a focus
- to concentrate the attention
- Let me concentrate !
- to concentrate acid by evaporation
- to concentrate by washing
- Population tends to concentrate in cities.
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