different between segregate vs codify

English

Etymology

From Latin s?greg?tus, perfect passive participle of s?greg? (“I separate”), from s?- (“apart”) + greg? (“I flock or group”), from grex (“flock”). Compare gregarious, aggregate.

Pronunciation

• (Adjective):
  • enPR: s?'gr?g?t, IPA^(key): /?s??????t/
• (Verb):
  • enPR: s?'gr?g?t, IPA^(key): /?s??????e?t/

Adjective

segregate (comparative more segregate, superlative most segregate)

1. Separate; select.
2. (botany) Separated from others of the same kind.
3. (geology) Separate from a mass and collected together along lines of fraction.

Verb

segregate (third-person singular simple present segregates, present participle segregating, simple past and past participle segregated)

1. (transitive) To separate, especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart.

Synonyms

• isolate, separate, sequester, sunder out; see also Thesaurus:segregate

Antonyms

• aggregate

Related terms

• segregation

Translations

Anagrams

• Easter egg

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.?re??a.te/

Verb

segregate

1. second-person plural present indicative of segregare
2. second-person plural imperative of segregare
3. feminine plural of segregato

Anagrams

• saggerete

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /se?.?re??a?.te/, [s?e??r???ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.?re??a.te/, [s??r?????t??]

Verb

s?greg?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of s?greg?

English

Etymology

code +? -ify

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?.d??fa?/, /?ko?.d??fa?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??.d??fa?/

Verb

codify (third-person singular simple present codifies, present participle codifying, simple past and past participle codified)

1. To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.

2. To collect and arrange in a systematic form.

   • The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth?; […]. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “?near-aissance.”

Synonyms

• systematize

Derived terms

Related terms

• code
• codex

Translations