Entrenched vs Ensconced - What's the difference?
entrenched | ensconced |
(entrench)
(construction, archaeology) To dig or excavate a trench; to trench.
(military) To surround or provide with a trench, especially for defense; to dig in.
(figuratively) To establish a substantial position in business, politics, etc.
* Senator Cornpone was able to entrench by spending millions on each campaign.
* 2013 September 28, , "
To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; usually followed by on'' or ''upon .
* John Locke
To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
Placed in a secure environment.
Settled comfortably.
* 1946 , , Ch. 35,
(ensconce)
As verbs the difference between entrenched and ensconced
is that entrenched is past tense of entrench while ensconced is past tense of ensconce.As an adjective ensconced is
placed in a secure environment.entrenched
English
Verb
(head)entrench
English
Verb
(es)- The army entrenched''' its camp, or '''entrenched itself.
London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
- For London to have its own exclusive immigration policy would exacerbate the sense that immigration benefits only certain groups and disadvantages the rest. It would entrench the gap between London and the rest of the nation. And it would widen the breach between the public and the elite that has helped fuel anti-immigrant hostility.
- We are not to intrench upon truth in any conversation, but least of all with children.
- It was this very sword entrenched it.
- His face / Deep scars of thunder had entrenched .
Synonyms
* (dig) trench * (surround with a trench) dig in * consolidateensconced
English
Adjective
(-)- Though ensconced in the seat of the Supreme One, Lahiri Mahasaya showed reverence to all men, irrespective of their differing merits.