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Acclimate vs Acclimatization - What's the difference?

acclimate | acclimatization |

As a verb acclimate

is .

As a noun acclimatization is

the act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.

acclimate

English

Verb

(acclimat)
  • (transitive, chiefly, US) To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
  • To adjust to a new environment; not necessarily a wild, natural, earthy one.
  • To become accustomed to a new climate or environment.

    • Synonyms

    * acclimatise/acclimatize, accommodate, acculture, accustom, climatize, conform, get used to, habituate, harden, season, toughen, adjust

    Derived terms

    * acclimatation * acclimatement * acclimation

    Related terms

    * acclimatize * climate

    acclimatization

    English

    (wikipedia acclimatization)

    Alternative forms

    * acclimatisation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.
  • (biology) The climatic adaptation of an organism that has been moved to a new environment.