evangelize vs reform

evangelize

verb
  • To preach any ideology to those who have not yet been converted to it. 

  • To be enthusiastic about something, and to attempt to share that enthusiasm with others; to promote. 

  • Coordinate term: proselytize 

  • To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to. 

  • Hypernym: proselytize 

reform

verb
  • To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits 

  • To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better 

  • To form again or in a new configuration. 

  • to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals; to reform a criminal 

noun
  • The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it 

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