“Centralizing” or “Centralising”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	centralizing	centralising	Preference
United States	100	0	“centralizing”
United Kingdom	12	88	“centralising”
India	55	45	“centralizing”
Philippines	100	0	“centralizing”
Canada	100	0	“centralizing”
Australia	0	100	“centralising”
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.

“centralizing”

…minority political clubs, against the centralizing and nationalist forces (PNL and…
…when in control, was a centralizing influence, and all the most…
…be "an automated facility for centralizing the evaluation of critical aerospace…
…of the municipality of Comodo, centralizing these camps and neighborhoods in…
…and Bukovinan objections to its centralizing policies, again left the PNL…
Due to the American Government centralizing the insular government in San…
…by his Chinese advisers by centralizing the bureaucracy, expanding the circulation…
The software focuses on centralizing and integrating key functional areas…
…a number of smaller parties, centralizing the national vote.
A social service club '(occ)' centralizing in Oyoor.

“centralising”

…advocate of the authoritarian and centralising policies of its first President,…
…autonomies, who acted against the centralising forces of Catholic monarchy.
…authority demonstrates the practice of centralising head offices in purpose built…
When the British governments started centralising trade, taxation and judicial review…
The influence of the centralising Regularis Concordia declined following the…
…exception to the trend of centralising activities are the university's extensive…
…had already subdued to their centralising, industrialist control.
…as a consequence of the centralising of royal authority in the…
…this reason, combined with their centralising economic role, Celtic oppida are…
…Hospital in Llanfrechfa will open, centralising some acute services currently located…

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