Learn English – the difference between initialize and initiate

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What is the difference between initialize and initiate words? Where should we use and can somebody explain it with some examples.

Best Answer

They both imply we start something

Initiate:

Cause (a process or action) to begin: "initiate discussions".

Initialize/Initialise:

Set to the value or put in the condition appropriate to the start of an operation.

Also if you initiate something, it is your initiative, whereas if you initialise something, you can have been asked to do so.

In programming, we use the word initialise, when we declare a variable and give it an initial value