Fortify vs Sonar - What's the difference?
fortify | sonar |
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)
(nautical) echolocation
(nautical) A device that uses hydrophones (in the same manner as radar) to locate objects underwater.
As a verb fortify
is to increase the defenses of; to strengthen and secure by military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces.As a noun sonar is
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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.
