Naturalize vs Familiarize - What's the difference?
naturalize | familiarize |
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.
To make, or become familiar with something or someone.
As verbs the difference between naturalize and familiarize
is that naturalize is to grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen while familiarize is to make, or become familiar with something or someone.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".