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Stipulate vs Codify - What's the difference?

stipulate | codify |

As verbs the difference between stipulate and codify

is that stipulate is to require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement while codify is to reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.

As an adjective stipulate

is (botany) having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.

stipulate

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Verb

(stipulat)
  • To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
  • To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.
  • To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.
  • Derived terms
    * stipulated * stipulation * stipulative

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (botany) Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.
  • Antonyms
    * exstipulate

    codify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.
  • :
  • To collect and arrange in a systematic form.
  • *
  • *:The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth?;. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “?near-aissance.”
  • Derived terms

    * codifiability * codification * codifier