Strong vs Enough - What's the difference?
strong | enough |
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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, title= Highly stimulating to the senses.
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.
Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.
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, chapter=15 Sufficiently.
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, title= Fully; quite; used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very .
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:I know you well enough ; you are Signior Antonio.
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.
stop! Don't do that anymore, etc.
As a proper noun strong
is .As a determiner enough is
sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.As an adverb enough is
sufficiently.As a pronoun enough is
a sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.As an interjection enough is
stop! don't do that anymore, etc.strong
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Alternative forms
* (dialectal)Adjective
(er)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong , like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
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- Physicians may diagnosis influenza by a throat culture or blood test, which may be important if you have a particularly strong flu, if your doctor suspects pneumonia or a bacterial infection.
Synonyms
* (capable of producing great physical force) forceful, powerful * (capable of withstanding great physical force) durable, tough, sturdy * ardent, determined, swith, unyielding, zealous * (highly stimulating to the senses) extreme, intense * (having an offensive or intense odor or flavor) rank * (having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient) concentrated, potent * (having a high alcoholic content) hard * irregular * impregnable, inviolable, secure, unassailable, unattackableAntonyms
* (capable of producing great physical force) forceless, weak * (capable of withstanding great physical force) fragile * (having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient) diluted, impotent, weak * regular, weak * weakSee also
* strengthAdverb
(-)Synonyms
* (in a strong manner) forcefully, powerfully, vigorously, stronglyAntonyms
* (in a strong manner) forcelessly, powerlessly, weaklySee also
* * strong personality * strong verbStatistics
* 1000 English basic words ----enough
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Alternative forms
* (l) * (l) (obsolete) * (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)Determiner
(en determiner)- How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare!
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The preposterous altruism too!
citation, passage=‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough ! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’}}
Adverb
(head)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.}}
Usage notes
* As an adverb, enough always follows the verb it qualifies.Pronoun
(English Pronouns)- I have enough to keep me going .
Interjection
- Enough !