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30 Nov 2020
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What is the difference between fulfil and realize ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between fulfil and realize ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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"Your goals will be difficult to accomplish."
"Your goals will be difficult to fulfill."
"Your goals will be difficult to realize."
"I asked you to sell 20 shirts today. Did you accomplish that goal?"
"I asked you to sell 20 shirts today. Did you fulfill that goal?"
"Realize" sounds awkward in this situation. Using "realize" as a synonym of "accomplish"/"fulfill"/"achieve" sounds very poetic/literary, and is not common in colloquial English.
"I just remembered that I was supposed to take the garbage out."
"I just realized that I was supposed to take the garbage out."
"I thought I lost a piece of the jigsaw puzzle, but then I discovered that it fell on the floor."
"I thought I lost a piece of the jigsaw puzzle, but then I realized that it fell on the floor."
"John figured out that I've been sneaking around to plan his surprise birthday party. The surprise is ruined."
"John realized that I've been sneaking around to plan his surprise birthday party. The surprise is ruined."
"Fulfill" cannot be used in any of the above contexts. When "realize" is used as it is in the above examples, it connotes abruptness, in other words, "a sudden realization".

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