different between nullify vs neutralize

English

Etymology

null +? -ify.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?l?fa?/

Verb

nullify (third-person singular simple present nullifies, present participle nullifying, simple past and past participle nullified)

1. (transitive, law) To make legally invalid.

2. To prevent from happening.
3. To make of no use or value; to cancel out.

Synonyms

• (to make legally invalid): annul, cancel

Related terms

• null
• nullification
• nullifiable
• annihilate

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• neutralise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

From French neutraliser. Surface etymology is neutral +? -ize.

Verb

neutralize (third-person singular simple present neutralizes, present participle neutralizing, simple past and past participle neutralized)

1. (transitive) To make even, inactive or ineffective.

2. (transitive) To make (a territory, etc.) politically neutral.
   • 1965, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings (volume 1, page 77)
3. (transitive, chemistry) To make (an acidic or alkaline substance) chemically neutral.

   • All the powers involved are committed not only to stay out of a given territory, but also to reenter it if any one of them violates the independence of the neutralized country.

4. (transitive, military, euphemistic) To kill.

Synonyms

• counteract
• counterweigh

Related terms

• neutralization

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

neutralize

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