“Antagonize” or “Antagonise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “antagonize” and 4 prefer “antagonise”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	antagonize	antagonise	Preference
United States	98	2	“antagonize”
United Kingdom	34	66	“antagonise”
India	63	37	“antagonize”
Philippines	100	0	“antagonize”
Canada	94	6	“antagonize”
Australia	26	74	“antagonise”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	29	71	“antagonise”
New Zealand	34	66	“antagonise”
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“antagonize”

Drugs that incidentally antagonize folate
There are other characters who antagonize Marche, including Babus Swain, a…
…at concentrations that do not antagonize the natural activity of CCR5…
…Heungseon Daewongun's attempted reforms to antagonize the three largest constituencies supporting…
…years so as not to antagonize the British, then Russia expanded…
…for "Canadianization" but not to antagonize the Air Ministry took a…
Reluctant to antagonize potential freight customers by refusing…
Hashim did not want to antagonize Alfonso, who was holding his…
…by typical antipsychotic drugs that antagonize dopamine D2 receptors.
…introduces three rebel factions that antagonize each other, but grant special…

“antagonise”

…to miss obvious clues and antagonise both clients and police.
…class of antimetabolite medications that antagonise (that is, block) the actions…
Britain was reluctant to antagonise Russia further, as it could…
Ronglu did not want to antagonise Empress Dowager Cixi, but was…
…glad of any excuse to antagonise France, whose territorial encroachments on…
…headmaster whose conduct and rules antagonise teachers and pupils alike, and…
…and Churchill was unwilling to antagonise Roosevelt over the issue.
…language which is used to antagonise Chinese people and for mocking…
The player's pet dog will antagonise the neighbour and keep him…
Being cautious not to antagonise the Mamluks, he followed a…

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