Ionize vs Ironize - What's the difference?
ionize | ironize |
(chemistry, physics) To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated.
To use irony
To treat something in an ironic fashion
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 30, author=Lee Siegel, title=The Blush of the New, work=New York Times
, passage=His novels mocked and maligned the French middle class, ironizing it into oblivion. }}
As verbs the difference between ionize and ironize
is that ionize is (chemistry|physics) to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated while ironize is to use irony.ionize
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Alternative forms
* ioniseVerb
(ioniz)Derived terms
* deionize * ionization * ionizer * ionizingironize
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