Proprietary vs Monopolize - What's the difference?

As an adjective proprietary

is of or relating to property or ownership, as proprietary rights .

is a proprietor or owner.

(senseid)to have a monopoly on something.

(en adjective)

Of or relating to property or ownership, as proprietary rights .

Of or relating to the quality of being an owner, as the proprietary class .

Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.

The continuous profitability of the company is based on its many proprietary products.

Privately owned, as a proprietary lake .

(of a, person) Possessive, jealous, or territorial.

(proprietaries)

A proprietor or owner.

(Fuller)

A body of proprietors, taken collectively.

A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.

* monopolise

(monopoliz)

(senseid)To have a monopoly on something

(senseid)To dominate or to get total control of something by excluding everyone else

::* "Teachers try not to let any one student monopolize a class discussion. "

* hog * corner * take over * dominate