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indurate vs anneal

anneal vs indurate

indurate is an adjective but anneal is not an adjective.

indurate and anneal both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
indurate No Yes Yes No
anneal No No Yes No
As verbs, anneal is a hyponym of indurate; that is, anneal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than indurate:
  • indurate: make hard or harder
  • anneal: bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
Other hyponyms of indurate include face-harden, callus, normalize, temper.
indurate (adjective) anneal (adjective)
emotionally hardened
indurate (verb) anneal (verb)
become hard or harder bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
make hard or harder
become fixed or established
cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
Difference between indurate and anneal

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