Invigorate vs Strengthen - What's the difference?
invigorate | strengthen |
To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.
To heighten or intensify.
To give life or energy to.
To make lively.
(lb) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify; to reinforce.
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest,/ With powerful policy strengthen themselves.
*1851 , Anonymous,
*:A little hardship, and a little struggling with the rougher elements of life, will perchance but strengthen and increase his courage, and prepare him for the conflicts and struggles of after years.
(lb) To animate; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to fix in resolution; to hearten.
*(Bible), (w) iii. 28
*:Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him.
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*:"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.."
(lb) To augment; to improve; to intensify.
(lb) To grow strong or stronger.
In transitive terms the difference between invigorate and strengthen
is that invigorate is to make lively while strengthen is to augment; to improve; to intensify.invigorate
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Alternative forms
* envigorate * envigourate (rare) * invigourateVerb
(invigorat)- Exercise is invigorating .
- The cold water invigorated him.
See also
* inspire, exalt * animate, enliven, liven * reinvigorate * quickenstrengthen
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