Difference between Oxidate and Oxidise

What is the difference between Oxidate and Oxidise?

Oxidate as a verb is to oxidize while Oxidise as a verb is to combine with oxygen or otherwise make an oxide.

Oxidate

Part of speech: noun

Definition: an oxide

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to oxidize

Oxidise

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To combine with oxygen or otherwise make an oxide.

We hope you now know whether to use Oxidate or Oxidise in your sentence.

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