different between anonymize vs anonymity

English

Alternative forms

• anonymise (UK)

Etymology

From anonymous +? -ize.

Verb

anonymize (third-person singular simple present anonymizes, present participle anonymizing, simple past and past participle anonymized)

1. (transitive) To make or render anonymous (especially to remove personally identifying data); to de-identify.

Synonyms

• deidentify, de-identify

Derived terms

• anonymization (anonymisation)
• anonymizer (anonymiser)

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English

Etymology

anonym +? -ity, the root from French anonyme and ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (an?numos).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æn??n?m?ti/

Noun

anonymity (countable and uncountable, plural anonymities)

1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness. [from 19th c.]
   • 1976, Joni Mitchell, "Song for Sharon":

     Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink

     Circling in singles and in pairs

     In this vigorous anonymity
2. (countable) That which is anonymous.

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References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Anonymity”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 347, column 3.
• anonymity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.