different between vegetate vs vegetize

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vegetatum, past participle of vegeto (“I enliven, I arouse”)

Verb

vegetate (third-person singular simple present vegetates, present participle vegetating, simple past and past participle vegetated)

1. (of a plant) To grow or sprout.
2. (of a wart etc) To spread abnormally.
3. (informal) To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.

Related terms

• vegetable

Translations

Esperanto

Adverb

vegetate

1. present adverbial passive participle of vegeti

Italian

Verb

vegetate

1. second-person plural present indicative of vegetare
2. second-person plural imperative of vegetare
3. feminine plural of vegetato

Latin

Verb

veget?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of veget?

English

Etymology

From vegetate + -ize.

Verb

vegetize (third-person singular simple present vegetizes, present participle vegetizing, simple past and past participle vegetized)

1. (intransitive, chiefly figuratively) To be in a vegetative state.

   I was vegetizing in front of the TV after a tough week.

2. (transitive, chiefly figuratively) To put into a vegetative state.

   Watching daytime television could vegetize anyone.

Synonyms

• (intransitive: to be in a vegetative state): vegetate