I'm just wondering about "stringify" vs "serialize". To me they're the same thing (though I could be wrong), but in my past experience (mostly with asp.net) I use Serialize() and never use Stringify().

I know I can create a simple alias in Javascript,

// either
JSON.serialize = function(input) {
    return JSON.stringify(input);
};

// or
JSON.serialize = JSON.stringify;

http://jsfiddle.net/HKKUb/

but I'm just wondering about the difference between the two and why stringify was chosen.

for comparison purpose, here's how you serialize XML to a String in C#

public static string SerializeObject<T>(this T toSerialize)
{
    XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(toSerialize.GetType());
    StringWriter textWriter = new StringWriter();

    xmlSerializer.Serialize(textWriter, toSerialize);
    return textWriter.ToString();
}