Difference between Naturalize and Domesticate

What is the difference between Naturalize and Domesticate?

Naturalize as a verb is to grant citizenship to someone born abroad while Domesticate as a verb is to make domestic.

Naturalize

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To grant citizenship to someone born abroad To acclimatize an animal or plant To make to appear more natural to make (the word) a natural part of (the language)

Domesticate

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An animal or plant that has been domesticated.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make domestic.To make fit for domestic life.To adapt to live with humans.To adapt to live with humans.To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.

We hope you now know whether to use Naturalize or Domesticate in your sentence.

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