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Firms vs Harden - What's the difference?

firms | harden |

As nouns the difference between firms and harden

is that firms is while harden is .

As a verb firms

is (firm).

firms

English

Noun

(head)
  • (obsolete, architecture) The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (firm)

    • harden

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To become hard (tough, resistant to pressure).
  • (ergative) To make something hard or harder (tough, resistant to pressure).
  • (dated) To become or make a person or thing resistant or less sensitive.
    • When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. — KJV, Exodus 4:21

    Derived terms

    * harden someone's heart

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