The difference between Inform and Materialize
When used as verbs, inform means to instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge), whereas materialize means to cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
Inform is also adjective with the meaning: without regular form.
check bellow for the other definitions of Inform and Materialize
-
Inform as a verb (archaic, transitive):
To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).
-
Inform as a verb (transitive):
To communicate knowledge to.
-
Inform as a verb (intransitive):
To impart information or knowledge.
-
Inform as a verb:
To act as an informer; denounce.
-
Inform as a verb (transitive):
To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.).
Examples:
"His sense of religion informs everything he writes."
-
Inform as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.
-
Inform as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To direct, guide.
-
Inform as a verb (archaic, intransitive):
To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
-
Inform as an adjective:
Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.
Examples:
"rfquotek Cotton"
-
Materialize as a verb (transitive):
To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
-
Materialize as a verb (intransitive):
To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere.
-
Materialize as a verb (transitive):
To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.