different between stylized vs stylize

English

Alternative forms

• stylised

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?sta?l.a?zd/, /?sta?.?.la?zd/

Verb

stylized

1. simple past tense and past participle of stylize

Adjective

stylized (comparative more stylized, superlative most stylized)

1. Made to conform to some style.
2. Represented according to some convention, omitting dispensable detail, rather than in a realistic or literal manner.

   The symbol for the planet Mars is a stylized representation of the shield and spear of the god Mars.

Hyponyms

• hieratic

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