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Nominalize vs Nounize - What's the difference?

nominalize | nounize | Synonyms |

Nounize is a synonym of nominalize.



As verbs the difference between nominalize and nounize

is that nominalize is to change into a noun, usually by affixing a morpheme while nounize is to change (an adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun.

nominalize

English

Alternative forms

* nominalise (Non-Oxford British spelling)

Verb

(nominaliz)
  • (linguistics) To change into a noun, usually by affixing a morpheme.
  • * 1960 , Modern Language Association of America, Dwight le Merton Bollinger, Modern Spanish: A Project of The Modern Language Association , Harcourt, Brace, page 226
    • To nominalize' an adjective that refers to a known noun, the articles ''' is used.
  • * 1983 , Peter Achinstein, The Nature of Explanation , Oxford University Press US, page 199
    • But, Dretske asks, what happens when we nominalize a propositional allomorph?
  • (philosophy) To make nominalistic.

    • Related terms

    * nominalizer, nominaliser * nominalist * nominalization, nominalisation

    See also

    * substantive * substantivise, substantivize * substantivisation, substantivization

    nounize

    English

    Verb

    (nouniz)
  • To change (an adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun.
    • (Earle)

    Synonyms

    * nominalize (Webster 1913)