Galvanizes vs Galvanises - What's the difference?
galvanizes | galvanises |
(galvanize)
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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)
(galvanise)
(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.
As verbs the difference between galvanizes and galvanises
is that galvanizes is (galvanize) while galvanises is .galvanizes
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Verb
(head)galvanize
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Alternative forms
* galvanise (mostly UK )Verb
(galvaniz)- The agitations resembled the grinnings and writhings of a galvanized corpse, not the struggles of an athletic man.