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Violent vs Materialize - What's the difference?

violent | materialize |

As verbs the difference between violent and materialize

is that violent is (archaic) to urge with violence while materialize is to cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.

As an adjective violent

is involving extreme force or motion.

As a noun violent

is (obsolete) an assailant.

violent

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Involving extreme force or motion.
    • A violent wind ripped the branch from the tree.
  • Involving physical conflict.
    • We would rather negotiate, but we will use violent means if needed.
  • Likely to use physical force.
    • The escaped prisoners are considered extremely violent .
  • Intensely vivid.
    • The artist expressed his emotional theme through violent colors.
  • (obsolete) Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
  • * Shakespeare
    • These violent delights have violent ends.
  • * T. Burnet
    • No violent state can be perpetual.
  • * Milton
    • Ease would recant / Vows made in pain, as violent and void.

    Antonyms

    * peaceful

    Related terms

    * violence

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To urge with violence.
    • (Fuller)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An assailant.
    • ----

    materialize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * materialise (UK )

    Verb

    (materializ)
  • To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
  • * Epes Sargent
    • It is asserted that in a series of sittings extending through several months a female spirit form, temporarily materialized and not distinguishable from a human being, repeatedly came from a cabinet into the light
  • To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere.
  • To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.