Synthesize vs Hybridize - What's the difference?
synthesize | hybridize |
To combine two or more things to produce a new, more complex product.
(of two or more things) To be combined producing a new, more complex product.
(chemistry) To produce a substance by chemical synthesis.
(intransitive, chemistry, of a substance) To be produced by chemical synthesis.
to cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids
to construct a hybrid word from elements of different languages
(physics) to combine atomic orbitals mathematically to form hybrid orbitals
(biochemistry) to combine complementary subunits of multiple biological macromolecules