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“Revolutionize” or “Revolutionise”

Language

Revolutionize and revolutionise are both English terms.

Usage

Revolutionize is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while revolutionise 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
revolutionize 98 29 71 100 100 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
revolutionise 2 71 29 0 0 86 0 0 100 0 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "revolutionize" over "revolutionise" (98 to 2).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a 71 to 29 preference for "revolutionise" over "revolutionize".
  • In India, there is a preference for "revolutionize" over "revolutionise" (71 to 29).
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "revolutionize" over "revolutionise" (100 to 0).
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "revolutionize" over "revolutionise" (100 to 0).
  • In Australia, there is a 86 to 14 preference for "revolutionise" over "revolutionize".
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "revolutionize" and "revolutionise".
  • In Ireland, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "revolutionize" and "revolutionise".
  • In New Zealand, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "revolutionise" over "revolutionize".
  • In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "revolutionize" and "revolutionise".
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "revolutionize" and "revolutionise".
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "revolutionize" and "revolutionise".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use revolutionize or revolutionise with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “revolutionize”

  • "Compression Ice Machine" which would revolutionize the cold storage industry.
  • the early 60s started to revolutionize the Italian popular music panorama.
  • famous Princetonian, is expected to revolutionize affairs among the Wolverines and
  • director Joel Stebbins that would revolutionize astronomical photometry.
  • the undaunted instrumentalist who would revolutionize modern jazz with Miles Davis
  • in the share, tried to revolutionize the program in February 2004,
  • Her work could revolutionize the recovery time of people
  • allowed the Plains Indian to revolutionize their way of life by
  • could be also used to revolutionize the way in which web
  • Filmboard Movies, which seeks to revolutionize the way audio/visual content is

Examples of “revolutionise”

  • as "a product [...] to revolutionise the whole microcomputer scene" and
  • "a state-of-the-art system that will revolutionise the way ships operate by
  • Due to his efforts to revolutionise education in Bengal, he became
  • its name, used it to revolutionise musical structure as well as
  • In time this was to revolutionise the politics of Glamorgan, but
  • "outstanding young players set to revolutionise the game", a list that
  • manager Rafael Benítez sought to revolutionise the club and completely overhauled
  • Bold attempt to revolutionise Australian transport
  • laymen who have sought to revolutionise Judaism.
  • talented personality has said to revolutionise Indonesian music industry which famous


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