Enrich vs Intense - What's the difference?
enrich | intense |
To make (someone) rich or richer.
To adorn, ornate more richly.
To improve the state of something.
To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.
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(physics) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.
To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify
Strained; tightly drawn.
Strict, very close or earnest.
Extreme in degree; excessive.
Extreme in size or strength.
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Very severe.
As a verb enrich
is to make (someone) rich or richer.As an adjective intense is
strained; tightly drawn.enrich
English
Verb
(es)- Hobbies enrich lives.
citation, passage=European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.}}
Synonyms
* endowAntonyms
* impoverish * (to fertilize) impoverish * (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) depleteDerived terms
* enricher * enrichmentAnagrams
* richenSee also
* look out for number one * every man for himself * feather one's nest/feather one's own nestintense
English
Adjective
(en-adj)High and wet, passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages.}}
