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Latinize vs Platinize - What's the difference?

latinize | platinize |

In transitive terms the difference between latinize and platinize

is that latinize is to make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in while platinize is to coat with platinum.

latinize

English

Alternative forms

* Latinise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Verb

(Latiniz)
  • To translate something into the Latin language; or make a word similar in appearance to a Latin word.
  • Guglielmus is the Latinized form of William.
  • To transliterate something into the characters of the Latin script; to Romanize
  • The Cyrillic letter ? can be Latinized as L.
  • To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in.
  • to Latinize the Church of England

    platinize

    English

    Alternative forms

    *platinise (mainly UK )

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To coat with platinum.
  • Derived terms

    *platinisation, platinization *platinised, platinized *platinising, platinizing