“Epitomizes” or “Epitomises”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “epitomizes” and 3 prefer “epitomises”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	epitomizes	epitomises	Preference
United States	95	5	“epitomizes”
United Kingdom	15	85	“epitomises”
India	55	45	“epitomizes”
Philippines	100	0	“epitomizes”
Canada	100	0	“epitomizes”
Australia	21	79	“epitomises”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	100	“epitomises”
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.

“epitomizes”

…modern Egyptian poet, Andrée Chedid, epitomizes the dignity of the collection…
…of sounds and styles and epitomizes the search that is leading…
…and calm acceptance of death epitomizes Tolstoyan principles.
Rob Feenie epitomizes that rarity and Vancouver is…
…narrative that in many ways epitomizes the "only possible response" to…
…chose their nickname because it "epitomizes the force of a community…
…is no other vardo that epitomizes the golden age of Romani…
…silek kuciang or cat silek, epitomizes the Minang techniques in that…
"He also epitomizes the chastity that is based…
This spontaneous organization of particles epitomizes collective motion.

“epitomises”

He really epitomises the blackness of Sonya's past…
"Yang Fudong's work epitomises how the recent and rapid…
…a single building, International Plaza epitomises the concept of living and…
…have ensured that Cintra House epitomises the Victorian period Italianate design…
The site epitomises the empathy of local Darling…
…and "Average Joe" father, Frasier epitomises a synthesis of upper-class sophistication,…
Twenty-six-year-old Tajima epitomises the new Muslim hipster, glamorous…
…contains "an assured toughness that epitomises the machismo male".
Satirical, it also epitomises the ideals considered in Rabelais's
Stylistically, the album epitomises the band's similarity to U2,…

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