different between stylize vs stylise

English

Alternative forms

• stylise (Commonwealth)

Etymology

style +? -ize. Probably from German stilisieren.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?sta?la?z/

Verb

stylize (third-person singular simple present stylizes, present participle stylizing, simple past and past participle stylized)

1. (transitive) To represent (someone or something) in a particular style.
2. (transitive) To represent (someone or something) abstractly in a conventional manner, commonly fancifully symbolic, to identify a particular item, by omitting most of the detail that is not unique to the item in question.

   Each of the standard therbligs is represented by its own conventional stylized symbol. For example the therblig for "search" consists of two intersecting curves representing an eye, with a third curve in one corner suggesting looking sideways in searching, whereas the therblig for "find" shows a similar two curves, but with a central circle suggesting that the eye is looking directly at a found object.

Anagrams

• zestily

English

Etymology

style +? -ise

Verb

stylise (third-person singular simple present stylises, present participle stylising, simple past and past participle stylised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of stylize.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: stylisent, stylises

Verb

stylise

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