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reinforce vs beef up

beef up vs reinforce

reinforce and beef up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
reinforce No No Yes No
beef up No No Yes No
As verbs, beef up is a hypernym of reinforce; that is, beef up is a word with a broader meaning than reinforce:
  • reinforce: make stronger
  • beef up: make strong or stronger
Other hypernyms of reinforce include fortify, strengthen.
reinforce (verb) beef up (verb)
make stronger make strong or stronger
strengthen and support with rewards
Difference between reinforce and beef up

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