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sophisticate vs educate

educate vs sophisticate

sophisticate is a noun but educate is not a noun.

sophisticate and educate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sophisticate Yes No Yes No
educate No No Yes No
As verbs, educate is a hypernym of sophisticate; that is, educate is a word with a broader meaning than sophisticate:
  • sophisticate: make less natural or innocent
  • educate: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
Other hypernyms of sophisticate include civilise, civilize, cultivate, school, train.
sophisticate (noun) educate (noun)
a worldly-wise person
sophisticate (verb) educate (verb)
make more complex or refined create by training and teaching
alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive give an education to
practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
make less natural or innocent
Difference between sophisticate and educate

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