Armed vs Fortified - What's the difference?
armed | fortified |
(sometimes, in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
(of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
(obsolete) Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
* De Foe
(arm)
(chiefly, in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
Coloured in a different tincture from the beast or bird itself.
(fortify)
To increase the defenses of; to strengthen and secure by military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces.
To impart strength or vigor to.
* Sir Walter Scott
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To increase the effectiveness of, as by additional ingredients.
* 1979 , Kiplinger's Personal Finance (volume 33, number 7, July 1979, page 47)
As verbs the difference between armed and fortified
is that armed is past tense of arm while fortified is past tense of fortify.As an adjective armed
is equipped, especially with a weapon.armed
English
Etymology 1
See the verb .Adjective
(en adjective)- nuclear-armed
- a distemper eminently armed from heaven
Derived terms
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(head)Etymology 2
.Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* (l) * (l)Anagrams
* ----fortified
English
Verb
(head)fortify
English
Verb
(en-verb)- Pride came to the aid of fancy, and both combined to fortify his resolution.
- Compare the nutrition information label of a regular ready-to-eat fortified cereal with that of a presweetened brand and you'll note that, although the sweetened one's sugar content is higher, the fortification is virtually identical.
