different between internalize vs assimilate

English

Alternative forms

• internalise (UK)

Etymology

internal +? -ize

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?t?n?la?z/

Verb

internalize (third-person singular simple present internalizes, present participle internalizing, simple past and past participle internalized)

1. (transitive) To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.
   1. To process new information in one's mind.
   2. To refrain from expressing (a negative emotion), to one's psychological detriment; to bottle up.
      • Woody Allen as Isaac (1979) Manhattan, written by Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman, United Artists

        "Well, I can't get angry, okay? I mean, I have a tendency to internalize. I can't express anger. That's one of the problems I have—I grow a tumor instead."

2. (transitive, programming) To store (a string or other structure) in a shared pool, such that subsequent items with the same value can share the same instance.

   Synonym: intern

3. (finance) To transfer stocks between brokers within an organization, rather than through the exchange.

Translations

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)

1. (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

2. (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.

3. (transitive) To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.

4. (transitive, rare, used with "to" or "with") To liken, compare to something similar.
5. (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

6. (intransitive) To become similar.
7. (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

1. 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

Italian

Verb

assimilate

1. second-person plural present of assimilare
2. second-person plural imperative of assimilare

Latin

Verb

assimil?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of assimil?