What's the difference between anglicism and anglicization?

Anglicism


Definition:

  • (n.) An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English.
  • (n.) The quality of being English; an English characteristic, custom, or method.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Angela Merkel comforts sobbing refugee but says Germany can't help everyone Read more Merkel was captured on camera stroking the girl’s shoulder, creating what Germans commonly refer to as a “shitstorm” (a word they use to mean vociferous outrage expressed on the internet and which was voted Germany’s anglicism of the year in 2011.)
  • (2) Anglicisms have also sprouted in French bureaucratic texts, including le briefing , le benchmarking, le sixpack [rules on financial stability] and most obviously le Brexit , recently confirmed as a masculine word in French and German.
  • (3) "The French were the first, as they were worried about Anglicisms and the disappearance of the great French language.
  • (4) "We are sick of these Americanisms and Anglicisms," said Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the party's leader, when proposing the law last year.
  • (5) A study on 30 patients high-lighted the need to anglicize the terminology and spelling.

Anglicization


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of anglicizing, or making English in character.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Angela Merkel comforts sobbing refugee but says Germany can't help everyone Read more Merkel was captured on camera stroking the girl’s shoulder, creating what Germans commonly refer to as a “shitstorm” (a word they use to mean vociferous outrage expressed on the internet and which was voted Germany’s anglicism of the year in 2011.)
  • (2) Anglicisms have also sprouted in French bureaucratic texts, including le briefing , le benchmarking, le sixpack [rules on financial stability] and most obviously le Brexit , recently confirmed as a masculine word in French and German.
  • (3) "The French were the first, as they were worried about Anglicisms and the disappearance of the great French language.
  • (4) "We are sick of these Americanisms and Anglicisms," said Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the party's leader, when proposing the law last year.
  • (5) A study on 30 patients high-lighted the need to anglicize the terminology and spelling.

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