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One way to summarize the difference is that commoditization is about proprietary things becoming generic, whereas commodification is about nonsaleable things becoming saleable.

In social sciences, particularly [[Cultural Anthropology|anthropology]], the term is used interchangeably with [[commodification]] to describe the process of making [[Commodity|commodities]] out of any thing that did not useduse to be available for trade previously.<ref>Appadurai, Arjun, ed. (1986). ''The Social Life of Things: Commodities in a Cultural Perspective''. Cambridge UP, Cambridge.</ref><ref>Greenwood, D.J. (1977). "'Culture by the Pound: An Anthropological Perspective on Tourism as Cultural Commoditization". In ''Hosts and Guests'', ed. V. L. Smith, pp. 129-139. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.</ref>

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