Sharpen vs Strengthen - What's the difference?
sharpen | strengthen |
(transitive, sometimes, figurative) To make sharp
* (Edmund Burke) (1729-1797)
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
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, title= (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.
As verbs the difference between sharpen and strengthen
is that sharpen is (transitive|sometimes|figurative) to make sharp while strengthen is (lb) to make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify; to reinforce.sharpen
English
Verb
(en verb)- He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill.
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Antonyms
* bluntDerived terms
* sharpenerstrengthen
English
Verb
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