Difference between Incarnate and Substantiate

What is the difference between Incarnate and Substantiate?

Incarnate as a verb is to incarn; to become covered with flesh, to heal over. while Substantiate as a verb is to verify something by supplying evidence; to corroborate or authenticate

Incarnate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified. Flesh-colored, crimson.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To incarn; to become covered with flesh, to heal over. To make carnal, to reduce the spiritual nature of. To embody in flesh, invest with a bodily, especially a human, form. To put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea.

Example sentence: There is no more divisive character in modern politics than Steve Bannon, as he symbolizes the devil incarnate for the heaving, emotional left.

Substantiate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to verify something by supplying evidence; to corroborate or authenticateto give material form or substance to something; to embody

We hope you now know whether to use Incarnate or Substantiate in your sentence.

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