Enrich vs Nourish - What's the difference?
enrich | nourish |
To make (someone) rich or richer.
To adorn, ornate more richly.
To improve the state of something.
To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.
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(physics) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.
To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify
(obsolete) A nurse.
To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.
* Bible, Is. xliv. 14
To support; to maintain.
* Shakespeare
To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.
To cherish; to comfort.
* Bible, James v. 5
To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments.
* Bible, 1 Timothy iv. 6
To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
(obsolete) To gain nourishment.
As verbs the difference between enrich and nourish
is that enrich is to make (someone) rich or richer while nourish is to feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.As a noun nourish is
a nurse.enrich
English
Verb
(es)- Hobbies enrich lives.
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Synonyms
* endowAntonyms
* impoverish * (to fertilize) impoverish * (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) depleteDerived terms
* enricher * enrichmentAnagrams
* richenSee also
* look out for number one * every man for himself * feather one's nest/feather one's own nestnourish
English
Noun
(es)Verb
(es)- He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
- I in Ireland nourish a mighty band.
- Ye have nourished your hearts.
- Nourished up in the words of faith.
- (Chaucer)
- (Francis Bacon)