Fortify vs Inbuild - What's the difference?
fortify | inbuild |
To increase the defenses of; to strengthen and secure by military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces.
To impart strength or vigor to.
* Sir Walter Scott
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To increase the effectiveness of, as by additional ingredients.
* 1979 , Kiplinger's Personal Finance (volume 33, number 7, July 1979, page 47)
As verbs the difference between fortify and inbuild
is that fortify is to increase the defenses of; to strengthen and secure by military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces while inbuild is to build in, construct in such a way as to possess an integral part, include.As a noun inbuild is
something built-in, structure, a construct.fortify
English
Verb
(en-verb)- Pride came to the aid of fancy, and both combined to fortify his resolution.
- Compare the nutrition information label of a regular ready-to-eat fortified cereal with that of a presweetened brand and you'll note that, although the sweetened one's sugar content is higher, the fortification is virtually identical.
