“Antagonizing” or “Antagonising”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “antagonizing” and 2 prefer “antagonising”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	antagonizing	antagonising	Preference
United States	96	4	“antagonizing”
United Kingdom	19	81	“antagonising”
India	58	42	“antagonizing”
Philippines	100	0	“antagonizing”
Canada	100	0	“antagonizing”
Australia	21	79	“antagonising”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	0	0	Not enough data
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.

“antagonizing”

…of platelets by more efficiently antagonizing the P2Y12 receptor.
…only if armed, and—to avoid antagonizing the United States—that enemy passenger…
…target of the Cultural Revolution—after antagonizing Nie Yuanzi, Red Guard cadre…
…barrier and produce drowsiness by antagonizing histamine H1 receptors in the…
…friend, who aids Ashley in antagonizing Ronnie.
…fear as the thieves start antagonizing him.
…atypical antipsychotics will instead of antagonizing D2 receptors, will act as…
…radicalization of the Auteuil stand, antagonizing with that of Boulogne.
…known as "La Pesadilla" began antagonizing him during this time, evolving…
Dean is the antagonizing ex-boyfriend of Holly Barton (Sophie

“antagonising”

…mainly seen assisting O'Reily or antagonising Wangler in the GED program.
…did not wish to risk antagonising Fiji and thus unwittingly push…
…but Manfred, who has been antagonising Sarah over the years as…
…down from the university after antagonising its authorities.
…the rest of the campaign antagonising the media, refusing to tell…
…revolved around their respective characters antagonising Chris.
…and in doing so avoid antagonising or alienating their attachment figure.
…Portugal so as to avoid antagonising Spain and to keep the…
…more to gain publicity by antagonising Stormont.
Antagonising the Germans achieved little, but…

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