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Fertilized vs Fertilization - What's the difference?

fertilized | fertilization |

As a verb fertilized

is past tense of fertilize.

As a noun fertilization is

the act or process of rendering fertile.

fertilized

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fertilize)

    • fertilize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fertilise (mostly British)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
  • (figuratively) To make more creative or intellectually productive.
    • to fertilize one's imagination
  • * '>citation
  • To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.

    • fertilization

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fertilisation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of rendering fertile.
  • The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable gametes; especially, the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw
    • , title= Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization', because self-'''fertilization''' will result in less diverse offspring than ' fertilization with pollen from another individual.}}

    Synonyms

    * conception * fecundation * syngamy

    Derived terms

    * in vitro fertilization