Comfort vs Enliven - What's the difference?
comfort | enliven | Related terms |
Contentment, ease.
Something that offers comfort.
A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.
A cause of relief or satisfaction.
To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.
* Francis Bacon
To make comfortable. (rfex)
(obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.
* Hooker
(obsolete) To assist or help; to aid.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.
To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
Comfort is a related term of enliven.
In lang=en terms the difference between comfort and enliven
is that comfort is to make comfortable while enliven is to make more lively, cheerful or interesting.As verbs the difference between comfort and enliven
is that comfort is to relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to while enliven is (obsolete|transitive) to give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.As a noun comfort
is contentment, ease.comfort
English
Noun
(en noun)- Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.
- the comforts of home
- We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.
- The outcome of the peace negotiations in Moscow in 1940 was a heavy blow to the young nation, but in the same time a great comfort : at least the independency was preserved.
Synonyms
*Antonyms
* austerityVerb
(en verb)- Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.
- Light excelleth in comforting the spirits of men.
- (Wyclif)
- God's own testimony doth not a little comfort and confirm the same.
- I cannot help the noble chevalier: / God comfort him in this necessity!
Synonyms
* besootheDerived terms
* cold comfort * comfort woman * comfortable * comforter * comforting * discomfort * letter of comfort ----enliven
English
Verb
(en verb)- The game was much enlivened when both teams scored within five minutes of each other.