Stimulate vs Galvanize - What's the difference?
stimulate | galvanize |
To encourage into action.
To arouse an organism to functional activity.
To coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means; to electroplate.
To coat with rust-resistant zinc
To shock or stimulate into sudden activity
(archaic) To electrify.
* (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
As verbs the difference between stimulate and galvanize
is that stimulate is to encourage into action while galvanize is to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means; to electroplate.stimulate
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Verb
(stimulat)Synonyms
* (encourage) encourage, induce, provoke * (arouse) animate, arouse, energize, energise, excite, perk upAntonyms
* (arouse) de-energize, sedate, stifleAnagrams
* * ----galvanize
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Alternative forms
* galvanise (mostly UK )Verb
(galvaniz)- The agitations resembled the grinnings and writhings of a galvanized corpse, not the struggles of an athletic man.