The difference between Embody and Realize
When used as verbs, embody means to represent in a physical form, whereas realize means to make real.
check bellow for the other definitions of Embody and Realize
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Embody as a verb (transitive):
To represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify
Examples:
"As the car salesman approached, wearing a plaid suit and slicked-back hair, he seemed to embody sleaze."
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Embody as a verb (transitive):
To include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole
Examples:
"The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists."
"The principle was recognized by some of the early Greek philosophers who embodied it in their systems."
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Embody as a verb (intransitive):
To unite in a body or mass.
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Realize as a verb (formal, transitive):
To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence
Examples:
"synonyms: accomplish actualize materialize"
"The objectives of the project were never fully realized."
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Realize as a verb (transitive):
To become aware of a fact or situation.
Examples:
"He realized that he had left his umbrella on the train."
"The defendant desperately yelled at her young daughter, frantic to make her realize what she had done."
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Realize as a verb (transitive):
To cause to seem real; to feel vividly or strongly; to make one's own in apprehension or experience.
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Realize as a verb (transitive, business):
To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get
Examples:
"to realize large profits from a speculation"
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Realize as a verb (transitive, business, finance):
To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares, bonds, etc.
Examples:
"Profits from the investment can be realized at any time by selling the shares."
"By realizing the company's assets, the liquidator was able to return most of the shareholders' investments."
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Realize as a verb (transitive, business, obsolete):
To convert into real property; to make real estate of.
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Realize as a verb (transitive, linguistics):
To turn an abstract linguistic object into actual language, especially said of a phoneme's conversion into speech sound.
Examples:
"The southern /v/ is realized as the voiced approximant [ʋ]."