Stratify
July 28, 2008
Stratify
1. to form, arrange or deposit in strata
2a. to divide or arrange into classes, caste, or social strata
2b. to become arrange in strata
Source: www.m-w.com
E.g. The income in China are stratifying quickly over the years due to the booming economy that separates the rich from the richer.
There is a distinctive different between college and non-college graduates in terms of the range of vocabulary they use in a more colloquial way. For example, the word above – stratify – which we would have probably learned it in a calculus or statistics. Recall: Stratified Sampling? Through our exposure to these words from which we learnt on a subject-basis context, we expand our vocabulary. That way, we are able to use words in a more elegant way. Another example I can think of is the word: catalyst. We probably come to learn this word in science or chemistry where a certain chemical was added as a catalyst – an agent to speed things up.
What other examples can you think of?
