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Specify vs Crystallize - What's the difference?

specify | crystallize |

In lang=en terms the difference between specify and crystallize

is that specify is to bring about a specific result while crystallize is to coat something with crystals, especially with sugar.

As verbs the difference between specify and crystallize

is that specify is to state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition while crystallize is (transitive|chemistry|physics) to make something form into crystals.

specify

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
  • To include in a specification.
  • To bring about a specific result.
  • crystallize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * crystalize * (non-Oxford British spelling) crystallise, crystalise

    Verb

    (crystalliz)
  • (transitive, chemistry, physics) to make something form into crystals
  • I crystallized the copper sulphate by slowly cooling a saturated solution.
  • to assume a crystalline form
  • The copper sulphate crystallized from solution.
  • to give something a definite or precise form
  • After some thought, I crystallized my ideas for the paper.
  • to take a definite form
  • My ideas crystallized overnight.
  • to coat something with crystals, especially with sugar
  • We crystallized the fruit by coating in sugar.

    Derived terms

    * crystallizable * crystallization / crystallisation