Expend vs Deepen - What's the difference?
expend | deepen |
(label) to consume, exhaust (some resource)
* , King Henry VI Part 2 , act 3, scene 1:
to spend, disburse
To make deep or deeper
To make darker or more intense; to darken
To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree
To make lower in tone
To become deeper
To become darker or more intense
To become lower in tone
As verbs the difference between expend and deepen
is that expend is (label) to consume, exhaust (some resource) while deepen is to make deep or deeper.expend
English
Verb
(en verb)- If my death might make this island happy
- I would expend it with all willingness.
deepen
English
Verb
(en verb)- They deepened the well by 200 feet.
- The event deepened the prevailing gloom.
- News of her death deepened my sorrow.
- The tuner deepened the tone of the organ.
- The water deepens as you go toward the middle of the channel.
- The crisis deepened in the following weeks.
- His voice deepened with age.