Difference between Deoxidize and Reduce

What is the difference between Deoxidize and Reduce?

Deoxidize as a verb is to remove oxygen from. while Reduce as a verb is to bring down the size, quantity, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower, to impair.

Deoxidize

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To remove oxygen from.

Reduce

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To bring down the size, quantity, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower, to impair.To lose weight.To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.To bring to an inferior state or condition.To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.To convert to written form (Usage note: this verb almost always take the phrase "to writing").

Example sentence: Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind. It means you don't see the other human being anymore, but only your own concept of that human being. To reduce the aliveness of another human being to a concept is already a form of violence.

We hope you now know whether to use Deoxidize or Reduce in your sentence.

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