The difference between Normalize and Reverse
When used as verbs, normalize means to make normal, to make standard, whereas reverse means to turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction.
Reverse is also noun with the meaning: the opposite of something.
Reverse is also adverb with the meaning: in a reverse way or direction.
Reverse is also adjective with the meaning: opposite, contrary.
check bellow for the other definitions of Normalize and Reverse
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Normalize as a verb (transitive):
To make normal, to make standard.
Examples:
"There is little hope that the two countries will normalize relations; their governments seem to hate each other and would just as soon stay on bad terms."
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Normalize as a verb (transitive):
To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.
Examples:
"We'll need to normalize these statements before we can compare them."
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Normalize as a verb (transitive, statistics):
To reduce to variations by excluding irrelevant aspects.
Examples:
"After we properly normalize the measurements with respect to age, gender, geography and economic considerations, there remains little evidence of a difference between the two groups."
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Normalize as a verb (rail transport, transitive):
To return a set of points (switches) to the normal position.
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Normalize as a verb (rail transport, intransitive, of points):
To return to the normal position from the reverse position.
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Normalize as a verb (transitive, computing, database):
To subject to normalization; to eliminate redundancy in (a model for storing data).
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Normalize as a verb (transitive, mathematics):
To divide a vector by its magnitude to produce a unit vector.
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Reverse as an adjective:
Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
Examples:
"We ate the meal in reverse order, starting with dessert and ending with the starter."
"The mirror showed us a reverse view of the scene."
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Reverse as an adjective:
Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
Examples:
"He selected reverse gear."
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Reverse as an adjective (rail transport, of points):
To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
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Reverse as an adjective:
Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
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Reverse as an adjective (botany):
Reversed.
Examples:
"a reverse shell"
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Reverse as an adjective (genetics):
In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
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Reverse as an adverb (now, _, rare):
In a reverse way or direction; upside-down.
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Reverse as a noun:
The opposite of something.
Examples:
"We believed the Chinese weren't ready for us. In fact, the reverse was true."
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Reverse as a noun:
The act of going backwards; a reversal.
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Reverse as a noun:
A piece of misfortune; a setback.
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Reverse as a noun:
The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
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Reverse as a noun:
The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
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Reverse as a noun:
The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
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Reverse as a noun:
A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Reverse as a noun (surgery):
A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
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Reverse as a verb (intransitive):
To turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction.
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Reverse as a verb (intransitive):
To turn something inside out or upside down.
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Reverse as a verb (intransitive):
To transpose the positions of two things.
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Reverse as a verb (transitive):
To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
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Reverse as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To return, come back.
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Reverse as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To turn away; to cause to depart.
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Reverse as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To cause to return; to recall.
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Reverse as a verb (legal):
To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
Examples:
"to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree"
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Reverse as a verb (ergative):
To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
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Reverse as a verb (chemistry):
To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
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Reverse as a verb (rail transport, transitive):
To place a set of points in the reverse position
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Reverse as a verb (rail transport, intransitive, of points):
to move from the normal position to the reverse position
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Reverse as a verb:
To overthrow; to subvert.