The difference between Shore and Strengthen

When used as verbs, shore means to set on shore, whereas strengthen means to make strong or stronger.


Shore is also noun with the meaning: land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.

check bellow for the other definitions of Shore and Strengthen

  1. Shore as a noun:

    Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.

    Examples:

    "lake shore; bay shore; gulf shore; island shore; mainland shore; river shore; estuary shore; pond shore; sandy shore; rocky shore'"

  2. Shore as a noun (from the perspective of one on a body of water):

    Land, usually near a port.

    Examples:

    "The [[seamen]] were serving on shore instead of in ships."

    "The passengers signed up for shore tours."

  1. Shore as a verb (obsolete):

    To set on shore.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  1. Shore as a noun:

    A prop or strut supporting the weight or flooring above it.

    Examples:

    "The shores stayed upright during the earthquake."

  1. Shore as a verb (transitive, without ''up''):

    To provide with support.

  2. Shore as a verb (usually, with ''up''):

    To reinforce (something at risk of failure).

    Examples:

    "My family shored me up after I failed the [[GED]]."

    "The workers were shoring up the dock after part of it fell into the water."

  1. Shore as a verb:

  1. Shore as a noun:

    (Obsolete except in Hiberno-English) A sewer.

  1. Shore as a verb (Scotland, archaic):

    To warn or threaten.

  2. Shore as a verb (Scotland, archaic):

    To offer.

  1. Strengthen as a verb (transitive):

    To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify; to reinforce.

    Examples:

    "to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army;  to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority"

  2. Strengthen as a verb (transitive):

    To animate; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to fix in resolution; to hearten.

  3. Strengthen as a verb (transitive):

    To augment; to improve; to intensify.

  4. Strengthen as a verb (intransitive):

    To grow strong or stronger.