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Colonize vs Colonized - What's the difference?

colonize | colonized |

As verbs the difference between colonize and colonized

is that colonize is (american spelling) while colonized is (colonize).

colonize

English

Alternative forms

* colonise (UK )

Verb

(coloniz)
  • (American spelling)
  • * 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2003, page 509:
    • The administration finally sent a naval vessel to return the 368 survivors to the United States in 1864. This ended official efforts to colonize blacks.

    Related terms

    * colonial * colonialism * colonist * colony ----

    colonized

    English

    Alternative forms

    *colonised (UK )

    Verb

    (head)
  • (colonize)

    • colonize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * colonise (UK )

    Verb

    (coloniz)
  • (American spelling)
  • * 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2003, page 509:
    • The administration finally sent a naval vessel to return the 368 survivors to the United States in 1864. This ended official efforts to colonize blacks.

    Related terms

    * colonial * colonialism * colonist * colony ----