Strengthen and Support

Strengthen

Strengthen verb - To make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure.
Usage example: required weeks of physical therapy to strengthen his arm enough to pitch for the team again

Support is a synonym for strengthen in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Support" instead a verb "Strengthen", when it comes to topics like brace, powerful, reinforce.

Nearby Words: strength, strengthening

Support

Support verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

Strengthen is a synonym for support in provide for topic. You can use "Strengthen" instead a verb "Support".

Common collocations

love strengthen love support love
party strengthen party support party
claim strengthen claim support claim
body strengthen body support body
Other words: relationship, argument, army, rule, republic, story, side, existence, attacks, forces, skills, armies.
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