Difference between Centralize and Consolidate

CENTRALIZE vs CONSOLIDATE: ADJECTIVE

To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control.

To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.
To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine.
To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound.

To draw to a central point; bring to a center; render central; concentrate in some particular part as an actual or a conventional center: generally applied to the process of transferring local administration to the central government. Also spelled centralise.

Formed into a solid mass or system.
To make solid or firm; unite, compress, or pack together and form into a more compact mass, body, or system; make dense or coherent.
To bring together and unite firmly into one mass or body; cause to cohere or cleave together: as, to consolidate the forces of an army, or materials into a compound body.
Used specifically— in surgery, of uniting the parts of a broken bone or the lips of a wound by means of applications
In legislation, of combining two or more acts into one;
In law, of combining two or more actions, corporations, or benefices into one;
In finance, of uniting different sources of public revenue into a single fund, or different evidences of public debt into a single class (see consolidated). Synonyms To combine, compact, condense, compress.
To grow firm and compact; coalesce and become solid: as, moist clay consolidates by drying.
Make firm or secure
Strengthen

Streamline, Decentralize, Centralising, Centralise, Pool, Positioned, Centered, Centralism, Pooling, Align, Centralisation, Centrally, Centralised, Consolidate, Concentrate

Standardize, Bolster, Establish, Integrate, Amalgamate, Solidify, Unify, Restructure, Merge, Expand, Strengthen, Consolidation, Streamline, Reorganize, Centralize

Standardize, Automate, Streamline, Decentralize, Centralising, Centralise, Pool, Positioned, Centered, Centralism, Align, Centralisation, Centrally, Centralised, Consolidate

Build, Merging, Standardize, Bolster, Establish, Integrate, Amalgamate, Unify, Restructure, Expand, Strengthen, Consolidation, Streamline, Reorganize, Centralize

NDCs would consolidate the processing and San Francisco.
Can you consolidate debt into a home loan?
Neatly consolidate all related projects into project groups.
Sometimes, companies fail to consolidate their financial expenses.
Kraft to consolidate inventory and reduce transport miles.
Can consolidate the monitoring of geographically distributed servers.
This loan is to gather and consolidate liabilities.
Generally, registrants shall consolidate entities that are majority owned and shall not consolidate entities that are not majority owned.
Is it possible to consolidate multiple sales orders into one invoice, and on the same note consolidate multiple sales orders to one PO?
This method will consolidate all free space, and, will consolidate all tables into single extents.