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reinforce vs strengthen

strengthen vs reinforce

reinforce and strengthen both are verbs.

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

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