different between mnemonize vs mnemonic

English

Verb

mnemonize (third-person singular simple present mnemonizes, present participle mnemonizing, simple past and past participle mnemonized)

1. (transitive) To develop a mnemonic for.
   • 1850, Pliny Miles, Mnemotechny, or art of memory, theoretical and practical (page 5)

     Mnemonize the event of Tea being first brought from China, in the year 1601. We turn to the number 1601, and find, among others, the word "tea-chest," which we use.

English

Alternative forms

• mnemonick (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Latin mn?monicus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (mn?monikós, “of memory”), from ?????? (mn?m?n, “remembering, mindful”), from ??????? (mnáomai, “to remember”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”); see mind.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n??m?n?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /n??m??n?k/, /ni?m??n?k/

Adjective

mnemonic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to mnemonics: the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily.
2. Of or relating to memory.

Translations

Noun

mnemonic (plural mnemonics)

1. Anything (especially something in verbal form) used to help remember something.

   To remember the colours of the rainbow, use the mnemonic "Richard of York gave battle in vain" (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet).

   • 2003, Alex Kimbell, The Unbridgeable Divide (page 54)

     Mr Avery was a great believer in mnemonics; he had one for every possible aspect of flying – which was as good a way as any for student pilots to familiarise themselves with their new environment […]

2. (computing) The textual, human-readable form of an assembly language instruction, not including operands.

Synonyms

• aide-mémoire

Derived terms

• neuro-mnemonic

Translations

Related terms

• mnemonics
• mnemonize
• mnemotechny
• mnemotechnic
• mnemotechnical

See also

• Mnemosyne, mother of the Muses, who personified Memory in Greek mythology.
• crib
• not to be confused with pneumonic

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “mnemonic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• mnemonic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.