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Powerful vs Strengthful - What's the difference?

powerful | strengthful |

As adjectives the difference between powerful and strengthful

is that powerful is having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence while strengthful is full of strength; strong; having strength; powerful.

powerful

English

Alternative forms

* powerfull * powreful * powrefull

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • The powerful grace that lies / In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}
  • (mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.

    • Synonyms

    * * *

    Antonyms

    * *

    strengthful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (label) Full of strength; strong; having strength; powerful.
  • *1909 , Marshall Pinckney Wilder, The ten books of the merrymakers :
  • *1913 , Philo Adams Otis, The First Presbyterian church, 1833-1913 :
  • *1917 , George Washington Truett, James Britton Cranfill, A Quest for Souls :

    • Derived terms

    * strengthfulness

    Antonyms

    * strengthless