different between facilitate vs catalyse

English

Etymology

From French faciliter, from Latin facilis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??s?l?te?t/, /f??s?l?te?t/

Verb

facilitate (third-person singular simple present facilitates, present participle facilitating, simple past and past participle facilitated)

1. To make easy or easier.
2. To help bring about.
3. To preside over (a meeting, a seminar).

Synonyms

• (to make easy or easier): ease

Related terms

Translations

Italian

Verb

facilitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of facilitare
2. second-person plural imperative of facilitare
3. feminine plural of facilitato

Anagrams

• felicitata

Latin

Noun

facilit?te

1. ablative singular of facilit?s

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin facilitas through French facilité

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fat?ili?tate]

Noun

facilitate f (plural facilit??i)

1. facility

Declension

English

Verb

catalyse (third-person singular simple present catalyses, present participle catalysing, simple past and past participle catalysed)

1. (chemistry, chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of catalyze

Derived terms

• catalyser

Anagrams

• acylates, stay-lace, staylace

French

Pronunciation

Homophone: catalyses

Noun

catalyse f (plural catalyses)

1. (chemistry) catalysis

Verb

catalyse

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

Further reading

• “catalyse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).