different between beautify vs enrich

English

Etymology

From Middle English beutifien, from Old French beaute (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fine”), + -ify, from Latin facio (“make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bju?.t?.fa?/

Verb

beautify (third-person singular simple present beautifies, present participle beautifying, simple past and past participle beautified)

1. (transitive) To make beautiful, or to increase the beauty of.
2. (intransitive, rare) To become beautiful.

Synonyms

• adorn
• decorate
• ornament
• prettify

Antonyms

• uglify

Related terms

• beautification
• beautifier
• beautifiable
• glorify

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English enrichen, from Anglo-Norman enrichir and Old French enrichier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n???t??/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Verb

enrich (third-person singular simple present enriches, present participle enriching, simple past and past participle enriched)

1. (transitive) To enhance.
2. (transitive) To make (someone or something) rich or richer. [from 14th c.]

   Synonym: endow

   Antonym: impoverish

3. (transitive) To adorn, ornate more richly. [from 17th c.]
4. (transitive) To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize. [from 17th c.]

   Antonym: impoverish

5. (physics, transitive) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel. [from 20th c.]

   Antonym: deplete

   Antonym: downblend

6. (transitive) To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify
7. (chemistry) To make to rise the proportion of a given constituent.

Derived terms

• enricher
• enrichment

Translations

See also

• look out for number one
• every man for himself
• feather one's nest/feather one's own nest

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Enrich”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 198, column 2.

Anagrams

• Rhenic, incher, nicher, rhenic, richen