Materialize
Materialize verb - To represent in visible form.
Usage example: a statue of a grieving woman that seems to materialize the very concept of grief
Realize is a synonym for materialize in do topic. In some cases you can use "Realize" instead a verb "Materialize", when it comes to topics like come into being.
Realize
Realize verb - To come to an awareness of.
Materialize is a synonym for realize in do topic. Sometimes you can use "Materialize" instead a verb "Realize", if it concerns topics such as accomplish.
Common collocations
| power | materialize power | realize power |
| idea | materialize idea | realize idea |
| way | materialize way | realize way |
| dreams | materialize dreams | realize dreams |
| Other words: intentions. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The Kerbys re-materialize as ghosts, and after figuring out that they're dead, they realize that they need to do a good deed to get into heaven.
Source: Film / Topper -
Doomed Hometown: The Pevensies materialize near some mysterious ruins and are devastated to realize that it is their beloved and proud palace of Cair Paravel... 1300 years later.
Source: Literature / Prince Caspian - Imperishable Night gives us Mokou's "Honest Man's Death", which has an apparently unavoidable laser... until you realize that its hitbox doesn't materialize until it goes over your position when the laser first fires.
Source: Puzzle Boss
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