Verbalize vs Verbify - What's the difference?
verbalize | verbify | Synonyms |
To speak or to use words to express.
(grammar) To adapt a word of another part of speech as a verb.
(nonstandard) To use a noun as a verb via anthimeria.
(transitive, nonstandard, slang) To derive a verb from a pre-existing noun.
Verbify is a synonym of verbalize.
As verbs the difference between verbalize and verbify
is that verbalize is to speak or to use words to express while verbify is to use a noun as a verb via anthimeria.verbalize
English
Alternative forms
* verbaliseVerb
(en-verb)- Bill became tongue-tied and could not verbalize his thoughts in the presence of the girl he had a crush on.
