Enrich vs Heighten - What's the difference?
enrich | heighten | Related terms |
To make (someone) rich or richer.
To adorn, ornate more richly.
To improve the state of something.
To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.
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(physics) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.
To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify
To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
:to heighten beauty
:to heighten a flavor or a tint.
* 2006 , Ashley Seager,
*:If Mr Brown chooses, he could raise his estimate of the economy's "trend" rate of growth in the coming years and so heighten his hopes of tax revenues.
Enrich is a related term of heighten.
As verbs the difference between enrich and heighten
is that enrich is to make (someone) rich or richer while heighten is to make high; to raise higher; to elevate.enrich
English
Verb
(es)- Hobbies enrich lives.
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Synonyms
* endowAntonyms
* impoverish * (to fertilize) impoverish * (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) depleteDerived terms
* enricher * enrichmentAnagrams
* richenSee also
* look out for number one * every man for himself * feather one's nest/feather one's own nestheighten
English
Verb
Employment rise gives chancellor a boost'', published in ''The Guardian Online , 6 December 2006
