Ask Difference

Instanciate vs. Instantiate — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Instanciate and Instantiate

ADVERTISEMENT

Definitions

Instanciate

Alternative form of instantiate

Instantiate

To represent (an abstract concept) by a concrete or tangible example
"Two apples ... both instantiate the single universal redness" (J. Holloway).

Instantiate

(transitive) To represent#Verb (a concept#Noun, theme#Noun, or principle#Noun) by an instance#Noun.
To see and test the result of one's CSS for any particular HTML element, one must instantiate that element in a document.

Instantiate

To create an object (an instance) of a specific class.
To instantiate a class, we call its constructor.

Instantiate

Represent by an instance;
This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect
ADVERTISEMENT

Instantiate

Find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word);
The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect

Popular Comparisons

Featured Comparisons

Trending Comparisons

New Phrases