different between cannibalism vs cannibalise

English

Etymology

cannibal +? -ism

Noun

cannibalism (usually uncountable, plural cannibalisms)

1. The act of eating another of one's own species.
2. (figuratively) An act in which one thing consumes or takes over another of the same kind.
3. In speech, the occurrence of one word eliding part or all of the next word, because the syllables are the same. For example, "Look, an MIT shirt" for "Look, an MIT T-shirt".

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See also

• kuru
• mad cow disease
• prion

References

• cannibalism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• cannibalize (especially US)

Etymology

cannibal +? -ise

Verb

cannibalise (third-person singular simple present cannibalises, present participle cannibalising, simple past and past participle cannibalised) (British spelling)

1. (transitive) To eat (parts of) another of one's own species.

   The female black widow spider is known to cannibalise the male.

2. (transitive) To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines.
   • 1991, Anthony Kemp, The SAS at War 1941–1945 (John Murray (Publishers) Ltd):

     When the attack ceased they managed to cannibalize parts to get one truck going and set off for the rendezvous with Fraser, only to find nobody there.

3. (transitive, business) To reduce sales or market share (for one of one's own products) by introducing another.
   • 2012, electronista, October 17, 2012:

     iPad mini to cannibalize 1M full-size iPad sales.

4. Rework old material; rehash.

Derived terms

• cannibalisation, cannibalization

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French

Verb

cannibalise

1. first-person singular present indicative of cannibaliser
2. third-person singular present indicative of cannibaliser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cannibaliser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of cannibaliser
5. second-person singular imperative of cannibaliser