different between plagiarize vs plagiarism

English

Etymology

From plagiary +? -ize, ultimately from Latin plagiare (“to kidnap, to abduct”).

Alternative forms

• plagiarise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ple?d????a?z/, /?ple?d??i.??a?z/

Verb

plagiarize (third-person singular simple present plagiarizes, present participle plagiarizing, simple past and past participle plagiarized)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work, especially in an academic context; to commit plagiarism.

Translations

English

Etymology

From plagiary +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ple?d?????zm/

Noun

plagiarism (countable and uncountable, plural plagiarisms)

1. (uncountable) Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.

   Even if it's not illegal, plagiarism is usually frowned upon.

   Copy from one, it's plagiarism. Copy from two, it's research.

2. (uncountable) Text or other work resulting from this act.

   The novel was awash in plagiarism, with entire passages lifted verbatim.

3. (countable) The instance of plagiarism.

Related terms

• plagiarist
• plagiarize

Translations

Further reading

• plagiarism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• plagiarism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.