different between materialize vs actualize

English

Alternative forms

• materialise (UK)

Etymology

material +? -ize

Verb

materialize (third-person singular simple present materializes, present participle materializing, simple past and past participle materialized)

1. (transitive) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
   • 1875, Epes Sargent (poet)Epes Sargent, The Proof Palpable of Immortality

     a spirit form, temporarily materialized, and undistinguishable from a human being in the flesh, has come forth in the light […]

2. (intransitive) To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere.
3. (transitive) To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• actualise (Commonwealth English)

Etymology

actual +? -ize

Verb

actualize (third-person singular simple present actualizes, present participle actualizing, simple past and past participle actualized)

1. (transitive) To make real; to realize.
2. (intransitive) To become actual or real.
3. (reflexive) To realize one's full potential.

Translations

See also

• actuate
• reactualize

Portuguese

Verb

actualize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of actualizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of actualizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of actualizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of actualizar