Difference between Beatify and Canonize

BEATIFY vs CANONIZE: VERB

To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of “the blessed,” and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized.
To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
To exalt; glorify.
To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.
To proclaim (a deceased person) to be one of the blessed and thus worthy of public religious veneration in a particular region or religious congregation.

To declare (a deceased person) to be a saint and entitled to be fully honored as such.
To include in the biblical canon.
To include in a literary canon.
To treat as sacred; glorify.
To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints.
To glorify; to exalt to the highest honor.
To rate as inspired; to include in the canon.
To approve as being within canon law.

Hence To ascribe extraordinary virtue or excellence to; regard as saintly or exalted.
Specifically In the Roman Catholic Church, to decree beatification.
Declare (a dead person) to be blessed
To pronounce or regard as happy, or as conferring happiness.
To make supremely happy; bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment: as,“beatified spirits,”

Also spelled canonise.
To embody in canons.
To admit into the canon, as of Scripture.
To enroll officially in the canon or catalogue of the saints; declare to be a saint; regard as a saint. See canonization.

Uncanonize, Holy man, Bishop of rome, Hiermartyr, Excommunicated, Canonised, Ordain, Concelebrate, Baptise, Sanctify, Venerate, Consecrate, Canonise, Saint, Canonize

Christianize, Uncanonize, Canonised, Revere, Baptise, Baptize, Sanctify, Consecrate, Ordain, Venerate, Excommunicate, Deify, Canonise, Saint, Beatify

Pontifician, Vicar of christ, Martyrize, Uncanonize, Holy man, Bishop of rome, Hiermartyr, Excommunicated, Canonised, Ordain, Baptise, Sanctify, Venerate, Consecrate, Saint

Holy man, Psychoanalyze, Mythologize, Christianize, Uncanonize, Canonised, Revere, Baptise, Sanctify, Consecrate, Ordain, Venerate, Excommunicate, Deify, Saint

In order to beatify a candidate, it must be shown that the person is responsible for a posthumous miracle.
Synonyms for consecrate include sanctify, hallow, bless, ordain, anoint, beatify, dedicate, exalt, sacralize and canonise.

Would the rabbis at Jamnia have been inclined to canonize a document that so clearly praised the priestly Hasmonean family?
The decision to canonize Mother Teresa was a controversial one, especially so soon after her death.
Certain sectors of the religious press rushed to canonize her as a martyr.
The best sources of information to canonize a witness are from your side.
What does it mean for the Church to canonize someone a saint?
Pope Francis will canonize four women alongside John Henry Newman this Sunday.
Mentioning his earlier announcement that he will canonize Franciscan Fr.
Ailey followed his lead in an attemptto canonize black history.
The people of Albuquerque ought to canonize you for this.
Eric Kow Canonize Nathaniel Filardo and Simon Marlow.