Exhilarate vs Strengthen - What's the difference?
exhilarate | strengthen | Related terms |
(archaic) To make happy, cheer up; to gladden.
*, II.2.4:
To thrill refreshingly.
To bring new life to.
(lb) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify; to reinforce.
:
*(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.
*
*:"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.
Exhilarate is a related term of strengthen.
As verbs the difference between exhilarate and strengthen
is that exhilarate is (archaic) to make happy, cheer up; to gladden while strengthen is (lb) to make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify; to reinforce.exhilarate
English
Verb
(en-verb)- Good news exhilarates''' the mind; wine '''exhilarates the drinker.
- Many such tricks are ordinarily put in practice by great men, to exhilarate themselves and others, all which are harmless jests, and have their good uses.
External links
* * ----strengthen
English
Verb
(en verb)Arthur Hamilton, and His Dog