Strength is a related term of depth.
As nouns the difference between strength and depth
is that strength is the quality or degree of being strong while depth is the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep.
As a verb strength
is (obsolete) to give strength to; to strengthen.
strength
English
Noun
(
en noun)
The quality or degree of being strong.
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* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
- Our castle's strength will laugh a siege to scorn.
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The intensity of a force or power; potency.
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* 1699 , , Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
* Bible, (Psalms) xlvi. 1
- God is our refuge and strength .
* (Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)
- Certainly there is not a greater strength against temptation.
A positive attribute.
-
(obsolete) A strong place; a stronghold.
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* fortitude
* power
* ability
* capability
* potency
* expertise
Antonyms
* (The quality of being strong) weakness
* (A positive attribute) weakness
Derived terms
* bond strength
* compressive strength
* crushing strength
* dielectic strength
* fatigue strength
* field strength
* full-strength
* impact strength
* industrial-strength
* inner strength
* ionic strength
* party strength
* pillar of strength
* relative strength
* shear strength
* strengthen
* strengthening
* strengthful
* strengthless
* strengthy
* superstrength
* tensile strength
* tower of strength
* ultimate strength
* understrength
* wet strength
* yield strength
Related terms
* strong
* strongly
Verb
(
en verb)
(obsolete) To give strength to; to strengthen.
* 1395 , (John Wycliffe), Bible , Job IV:
- Lo! thou hast tau?t ful many men, and thou hast strengthid hondis maad feynt.
- (Chaucer)
depth
English
Noun
(
en noun)
The vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep.
- Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay.
The distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet.
(figuratively) The intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc.
- The depth of her misery was apparent to everyone.
- The depth of the crisis had been exaggerated.
- We were impressed by the depth of her knowledge.
Lowness.
- the depth of a sound
(computing, colors) The total palette of available colors.
(arts, photography) The property of appearing three-dimensional.
- The depth of field in this picture is amazing.
(literary, usually plural) The deepest part. (Usually of a body of water.)
- The burning ship finally sunk into the depths .
(literary, usually plural) A very remote part.
- Into the depths of the jungle...
- In the depths of the night,
The most severe part.
- in the depth of the crisis
- in the depths of winter
(logic) The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content.
(horology) A pair of toothed wheels which work together.
(statistics) The lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values.
{{examples-right, width=40%, sense=statistics, examples=
| Ordered Batch of 9 Values |
| Value | 15 | 32 | 45 | 48 | 49 | 56 | 69 | 77 | 97 |
| Depth | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
}}
Synonyms
* deepness
Related terms
* deep
* depth charge
* in depth
* out of one's depth
