Nationalize vs Naturalize - What's the difference?
nationalize | naturalize |
(rare) To make into, or to become, a nation.
* 1910 , History for Ready Reference from the Best Historians , page 316:
To bring a private company under the control of a specific government.
To bring a concept such as a political issue or commercial campaign to the attention of the entire country.
(archaic) To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.
To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen
To acclimatize an animal or plant
* Hawthorne
To make natural
To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones
(linguistics) To make (a word) a natural part of the language.
As verbs the difference between nationalize and naturalize
is that nationalize is (rare) to make into, or to become, a nation while naturalize is to grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen.nationalize
English
(wikipedia nationalize)Alternative forms
* nationalise (non-Oxford British spelling)Verb
(en-verb)- Probably no Hindu who could make intelligent use of political freedom ever dreams of the present possibility of a nationalized India,
Derived terms
* (l)Antonyms
* (l)naturalize
English
Alternative forms
* naturaliseVerb
(en-verb)- Its wearer suggested that pears and peaches might yet be naturalized in the New England climate.
- Custom naturalizes labour or study.
- English speakers have naturalized the French word "café".
