“Industrializing” or “Industrialising”—What's the difference?

“Industrializing” or “Industrialising”

Language

Industrializing and industrialising are both English terms.

Usage

Industrializing is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while industrialising is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term	US	UK	India	Philippines	Canada	Australia	Liberia	Ireland	New Zealand	Jamaica	Trinidad & Tobago	Guyana
industrializing	100	50	100	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
industrialising	0	50	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0

In the United States, there is a preference for "industrializing" over "industrialising" (100 to 0).
In United Kingdom, there is no clear preference between "industrializing" and "industrialising", with usage levels of 50 vs. 50.
In India, there is a preference for "industrializing" over "industrialising" (100 to 0).
In the Philippines, there is a preference for "industrializing" over "industrialising" (100 to 0).
In Canada, there is a preference for "industrializing" over "industrialising" (100 to 0).
In Australia, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "industrialising" over "industrializing".
In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "industrializing" and "industrialising".
In Ireland, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "industrializing" and "industrialising".
In New Zealand, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "industrializing" and "industrialising".
In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "industrializing" and "industrialising".
In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "industrializing" and "industrialising".
In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "industrializing" and "industrialising".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use industrializing or industrialising with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “industrializing”

China, like many other currently industrializing countries, has had a relatively…
Without these industrializing countries, change will never reach…
…markets in Britain and the industrializing economies of Northwestern Europe.
…in prospecting, exploration, developing and industrializing metals (law 634/January 10, 2008)
…plus strong savings in newly industrializing countries in Asia.
…became wealthy and evolves by industrializing, and are accompanied by a…
…Chung-Hee for the purpose of industrializing the nation by concentrating electronic,…
…automated equipment, Metka could start industrializing metal works (blasting, cutting, drilling).
…countries (plus outsourcing to newly industrializing economies).
…exploring, developing, extracting, storing and industrializing metals obtained through any extraction…

Examples of “industrialising”

…in Guben, then a mid-sized industrialising town straddling the Neiße River,…
…the needs of a rapidly industrialising society.
…long run from a stable, industrialising Communist China.
…consequences of the rapidly expanding, industrialising city of Manchester in the…
…good sought after by rapidly industrialising Europe, while also serving as…
…resources and cash crops to industrialising nations.
…economic growth in industrialised and industrialising societies existed.
…labourers migrated to Germany's rapidly industrialising cities.
…less common than in other industrialising nations.
…the edge of the rapidly industrialising port city of Liverpool.

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