Galvanise vs Galvanize - What's the difference?
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(chiefly British) To shock or stimulate into sudden activity.
(chiefly British) To coat with rust-resistant zinc.
(chemistry) (chiefly British): To coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means.
To coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means; to electroplate.
To coat with rust-resistant zinc
To shock or stimulate into sudden activity
(archaic) To electrify.
* (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
Galvanize is a alternative form of galvanise.
As verbs the difference between galvanise and galvanize
is that galvanise is chiefly British To shock or stimulate into sudden activity while galvanize is to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means; to electroplate.galvanise
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* galvanize (mostly US)Verb
(en-verb)Derived terms
* galvanisationgalvanize
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* galvanise (mostly UK )Verb
(galvaniz)- The agitations resembled the grinnings and writhings of a galvanized corpse, not the struggles of an athletic man.