different between assimilate vs synthesize
assimilate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin assimil?tus, variant of Latin assimul?tus (“made similar, imitated”), perfect passive participle of assimul?, from ad + simul? (“imitate, copy”). Doublet of assemble.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /??s?m.?.le?t/
Verb
assimilate (third-person singular simple present assimilates, present participle assimilating, simple past and past participle assimilated)
- (transitive) To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
- Hence also it may be that the parts of animals and vegetables preserve their several forms and assimilate their nourishment
- (transitive) To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.
- 1850, Charles Merivale, History of the Romans Under the Empire
- His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons.
- 1850, Charles Merivale, History of the Romans Under the Empire
- (transitive) To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
- (transitive, rare, used with "to" or "with") To liken, compare to something similar.
- (transitive) To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
- March 13, 1866, John Bright, The reform bill on the motion for leave to bring in the bill
- to assimilate our law in respect to the law of Scotland
- Fast falls a fleecy shower; the downy flakes / Assimilate all objects.
- 1676, Matthew Hale, Contemplations, Moral and Divine
- it doth , by degrees , assimilate the whole inward Man to this living Principle , and conforms the Life unto it
- March 13, 1866, John Bright, The reform bill on the motion for leave to bring in the bill
- (intransitive) To become similar.
- (intransitive) To be incorporated or absorbed into something.
Synonyms
- (incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind): process
- (absorb a group of people into a community): integrate
Translations
Noun
assimilate
- Something that is or has been assimilated.
- 2012, A. Läuchli, R.L. Bieleski, Inorganic Plant Nutrition, ?ISBN, page 83
- the growing root and ectomycorrhizas both act as assimilate sinks
- 2012, A. Läuchli, R.L. Bieleski, Inorganic Plant Nutrition, ?ISBN, page 83
Italian
Verb
assimilate
- second-person plural present of assimilare
- second-person plural imperative of assimilare
Latin
Verb
assimil?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of assimil?
assimilate From the web:
- what assimilate mean
- what assimilation
- what assimilation in biology
- what assimilates dissolved food
- what assimilation in psychology
- assimilate what does it mean
- assimilate what is the opposite
- assimilate what is the definition
synthesize
English
Alternative forms
- synthesise (UK)
Etymology
synthesis +? -ize. First attested in 1830.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?n??sa?z/
Verb
synthesize (third-person singular simple present synthesizes, present participle synthesizing, simple past and past participle synthesized)
- (transitive) To combine two or more things to produce a new product.
- (intransitive, of two or more things) To be combined producing a new, more complex product.
- (transitive, chemistry) To produce a substance by chemical synthesis.
- (intransitive, chemistry, of a substance) To be produced by chemical synthesis.
Derived terms
- photosynthesize
- synthesizer
Translations
synthesize From the web:
- what synthesizes proteins
- what synthesizes lipids
- what synthesizes rna primers
- what synthesizes mrna
- what synthesizes bile
- what synthesizes short segments of rna
- what synthesizes enzymes
- what synthesizes dna
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- assimilate vs synthesize
- composition vs factor
- addends vs factor
- contribution vs factor
- device vs factor
- factor vs scale
- factor vs means
- element vs king
- element vs theme
- element vs pet
- element vs tool
- element vs concept
- element vs spot
- meer vs small
- small vs vector
- bare vs small
- youthful vs small
- small vs stubby
- odor vs small
- small vs visible