different between stratify vs unify

English

Etymology

From French stratifier.

Verb

stratify (third-person singular simple present stratifies, present participle stratifying, simple past and past participle stratified)

1. (intransitive) To become separated out into distinct layers or strata.

   In this cut you can see how the sedimentary rock layers have been clearly stratified.

   Even without a pronounced social class system, people in a large society tend to stratify.

2. (transitive) To separate out into distinct layers or strata.

Related terms

• stratum
• stratification
• stratosphere

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle French unifier, from Late Latin unificare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ju?n?fa?/

Verb

unify (third-person singular simple present unifies, present participle unifying, simple past and past participle unified)

1. (transitive) Cause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine.
2. (intransitive) Become one.
   • 2008, Eliza Mada Dalian, In Search of the Miraculous: Healing Into Consciousness,^[1] Expanding Universe Publishing, ?ISBN, page 91:

     Ultimately, all frequencies unify into an unmoving state of zero frequency or vacuum. In other words, all seven sound vibrations or notes unify into silence; all thought frequencies (positive and negative) unify into no-thought or no-mind; and all seven colors of the rainbow unify into pure space that appears dark when it is invisible and as light when it is visible.

Antonyms

• divide

Derived terms

Related terms

• unite

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