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Labialize vs Labilize - What's the difference?

labialize | labilize |

As verbs the difference between labialize and labilize

is that labialize is to round, make (a sound, notably a consonant) labial while labilize is (chemistry|ambitransitive) to make or become labile (ie unstable).

labialize

English

Verb

  • To round, make (a sound, notably a consonant) labial.

    • Antonyms

    * delabialize

    Derived terms

    * labialization

    Related terms

    * labiate * labiodental * labiovelar

    labilize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * labilise

    Verb

    (labiliz)
  • (chemistry, ambitransitive) To make or become labile (i.e. unstable).
  • * 1990 , Stephen Kuby, A Study of Enzymes (ISBN 0849369886), volume 2, page 147:
    • in order to labilize the glycosidic bond.
  • * 2014 , Robert H. Crabtree, The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals (ISBN 1118788249), page 41:
    • High trans effect ligands such as H or CO labilize ligands that are trans to themselves.