Iotation vs Iotize - What's the difference?

Iotize is a related term of iotation.

In linguistics terms the difference between iotation and iotize

is that iotation is any similar process occurring in a later Slavic language or elsewhere while iotize is to precede a spoken vowel sound with a "y" sound, as the u in "pure" and "cute".

As a noun iotation

is a specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant /j/ to form a palatalized consonant.

As a verb iotize is

to precede a spoken vowel sound with a "y" sound, as the u in "pure" and "cute".

iotation

English

(Iotation)

Alternative forms

* jotation

Noun

(en-noun)

(linguistics) A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant to form a palatalized consonant.

(linguistics) Any similar process occurring in a later Slavic language or elsewhere.

A form of iotation in the Serbo-Croatian language:'' ''s''''' ()

iotize
English
(Iotation)
Alternative forms
* iotise
Verb
(transitive)
(linguistics) To precede a spoken vowel sound with a "y" sound, as the u in "pure" and "cute".

Synonyms
* iotate (attested 1939 iotated'', 1978 ''iotate )
Derived terms
* iotization * iotized
Related terms
* iota * iotated * iotation * jot * jod, yod * yodization, yotization
Usage notes
The verb form iotize/iotise is exceedingly rare, compared to the participle, noun and adjective forms. The adjective iotified'' is used in the names of several Cyrillic letters in the Unicode standard. Although widely cited, it appears to be a nonce borrowing from Slavic, however, as the corresponding back-formations ''iotify'' and ''iotification are unattested.