Entrenched vs Retrenched - What's the difference?
entrenched | retrenched |
(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
(retrench)
To cut down or reduce.
* Denham
To abridge; to curtail.
* Milton
To confine; to limit; to restrict.
* I. Taylor
To furnish with a retrenchment (defensive work within a fortification).
To take up a new defensive position.
*2012 , The Economist,
To dig or redig a trench where one already was.
As verbs the difference between entrenched and retrenched
is that entrenched is (entrench) while retrenched is (retrench).entrenched
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Verb
(head)entrench
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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 * consolidateretrenched
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Verb
(head)retrench
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Etymology 1
(etyl) retrenchier, (etyl) retrancher; see (etyl) , and English trench.Verb
(es)- Thy exuberant parts retrench .
- But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched .
- (Addison)
- These figures, ought they then to receive a retrenched interpretation?
- to retrench bastions
- We must retrench and try to hold on long enough for products in development to reach the market or we will be out of business.
Private Equity: Keep Calm and Carry On
- International firms could decide it is not cost-effective to keep open their other European offices and retrench to London.