Characterizes vs Characterises - What's the difference?
characterizes | characterises |
(characterize)
to depict someone or something a particular way (often negative)
to determine the characteristics of
* {{quote-book, passage=This glossary includes terminology used in coastal science, engineering, geology, management, nearshore oceanography and the technologies that characterize , measure, describe or quantify the physical properties, processes and changes of the coastal zone.
, title=Department of Ecology Publication No. 98-105
, chapter=Glossary of Coastal Terminology
, author=Brian Voigt
, year=1998
As verbs the difference between characterizes and characterises
is that characterizes is third-person singular of characterize while characterises is third-person singular of characterise.characterizes
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Verb
(head)characterize
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(Characterization)Alternative forms
* characteriseVerb
(characteriz)citation