Harden vs Condense - What's the difference?
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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.
To decrease size or volume by concentration toward the essence.
To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate.
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* Motley
(chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
(archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
As verbs the difference between harden and condense
is that harden is to become hard (tough, resistant to pressure) while condense is to decrease size or volume by concentration toward the essence.As an adjective condense is
condensed; compact; dense.harden
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Verb
(en verb)- 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 heartAnagrams
* English ergative verbs ----condense
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Alternative forms
* condenceVerb
- An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
- Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
- In what shape they choose, / Dilated or condensed , bright or obscure.
- The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
Synonyms
* (to decrease size or volume) minifyAntonyms
* extend * magnifyAdjective
(en adjective)- The huge condense bodies of planets. — Bentley.