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Expend vs Boost - What's the difference?

expend | boost |

As verbs the difference between expend and boost

is that expend is to consume, exhaust some resource while boost is to lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement.

As a noun boost is

a push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help.

expend

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (label) to consume, exhaust (some resource)
  • * , King Henry VI Part 2 , act 3, scene 1:
  • If my death might make this island happy
    I would expend it with all willingness.
  • to spend, disburse
  • boost

    English

    (Boost)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help.
  • (automotive engineering) A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.
  • Derived terms

    * battery booster * booster * boosterism

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement.
  • (slang) To steal.
  • To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve.
  • Anagrams

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