Difference between Institutionalized and Institutionalised

What is the difference between Institutionalized and Institutionalised?

Institutionalized as a verb is to establish as a normal practice while Institutionalised as a verb is to establish as a normal practice

Institutionalized

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To establish as a normal practice

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of or relating to something that has been established as an institution of or relating to someone who has been committed to an institution, such as a prison or an insane asylum

Example sentence: For those that don't know, my sister was born with Down Syndrome, and she was institutionalized in the very early sixties. Me, being just a small boy and being shuffled around between my mother and grandparents, I never knew her.

Institutionalised

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To establish as a normal practice

We hope you now know whether to use Institutionalized or Institutionalised in your sentence.

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