Strong vs Athletic - What's the difference?
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Capable of producing great physical force.
Capable of withstanding great physical force.
fast moving water, wind, etc, which has a lot of power.
Determined; unyielding.
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Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
(specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
(grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
(military) Not easily subdued or taken.
(slang, US) Impressive, good.
Having a specified number of people or units.
(of a disease or symptom) (l) (very bad or intense)
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(mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a statement which it implies.)
In a strong manner.
(not comparable) having to do with athletes
* Are you a member of the American ''Athletic'' Association?
physically active
* Since you're such an ''athletic'' person, you may wish to consider joining.
having a muscular, well developed body, being in shape
* You have such an ''athletic'' build--you must work out regularly.
An attribute of a motion or play which requires fine physical ability
* The center fielder made an athletic play to snatch the ball from over the fence.
Athletic is a synonym of strong.
As adjectives the difference between strong and athletic
is that strong is capable of producing great physical force while athletic is having to do with athletes.As proper nouns the difference between strong and athletic
is that strong is {{surname} while Athletic is a player on the team Oakland Athletics.As an adverb strong
is in a strong manner.strong
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* (dialectal)Adjective
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