popularize vs popularise

popularize and popularise both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
popularize	No	No	Yes	No
popularise	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, popularize and popularise are synonyms defined as:

As verbs, popularize and popularise are synonyms defined as:

popularize and popularise: cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use

Other synonyms of popularize include generalise, generalize, vulgarise, vulgarize.

popularize (verb)	popularise (verb)
make understandable to the general public	make understandable to the general public
cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use	cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use