different between nitrogenate vs azotize

English

Etymology

nitrogen +? -ate

Verb

nitrogenate (third-person singular simple present nitrogenates, present participle nitrogenating, simple past and past participle nitrogenated)

1. (transitive) to treat something with nitrogen gas, especially with the intent of replacing gaseous oxygen
2. (transitive, chemistry) to react something with nitrogen

See also

• nitrogenize, azotize

English

Alternative forms

• azotise (Commonwealth)

Etymology

• azote +? -ize

Verb

azotize (third-person singular simple present azotizes, present participle azotizing, simple past and past participle azotized)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To impregnate with azote (nitrogen).

Synonyms

• nitrogenate, nitrogenise, nitrogenize

Derived terms

• hexazotized

References

• azotize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914) , “azotize”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume I (A–C), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 1078064371.