different between gallivant vs galvanize

English

Alternative forms

• galavant

Etymology

1809, from gallant (“wooing women”), originally in sense “to flirt”, broadened to mean “roaming without plan”.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??æl.?.vænt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??æl.?.vænt/, /??æl.??vænt/
• Rhymes: -ænt

Verb

gallivant (third-person singular simple present gallivants, present participle gallivanting, simple past and past participle gallivanted)

1. (intransitive) To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.

   Synonym: gad
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To flirt, to romance.

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English

Alternative forms

• galvanise (British)

Etymology

From French galvaniser, from galvanisme, named after Italian physiologist Luigi Aloisio Galvani (1737–1798).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ælv?na??z/

Verb

galvanize (third-person singular simple present galvanizes, present participle galvanizing, simple past and past participle galvanized) (transitive)

1. (chemistry) To coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means.

   Synonyms: electroplate, (rare) zinc

2. To coat with rust-resistant zinc.

3. (figuratively) To shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock.

   Synonyms: animate, startle, urge

4. (archaic) To electrify.
   • 1835, Thomas Babington Macaulay, History (essay in the Edinburgh Review)

     The agitations resembled the grinnings and writhings of a galvanized corpse, not the struggles of an athletic man.

5. (historical, US) To switch sides between Union and Confederate in the American Civil War.

Derived terms

• galvanization

Related terms

• galvanic

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

galvanize

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of galvanizar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of galvanizar
3. first-person singular imperative of galvanizar
4. third-person singular imperative of galvanizar