different between urbanizer vs urbanize

English

Etymology

urbanize +? -er

Noun

urbanizer (plural urbanizers)

1. One who develops a place into a city.
2. A place that takes on the characteristics of cities.
   • 2008, Sanjeev Sanyal, The Indian renaissance: India's rise after a thousand years of decline (page 193)

     However, rapid urbanization would be a major break from India's past as the country has been, so far, a reluctant urbanizer. It took half a century for the share of urban population to rise from 17% in 1951 to 28.5% in 2001.

Anagrams

• rurbanize, unbizarre

English

Alternative forms

• urbanise

Etymology

urban +? -ize

Verb

urbanize (third-person singular simple present urbanizes, present participle urbanizing, simple past and past participle urbanized)

1. To make something more urban in character.
2. To take up an urban way of life.

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

urbanize

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of urbanizar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of urbanizar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of urbanizar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of urbanizar