different between broaden vs amplify

English

Etymology

From broad +? -en (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

broaden (third-person singular simple present broadens, present participle broadening, simple past and past participle broadened)

1. (transitive) To make broad or broader.

   Travel broadens the mind.

   Synonyms: widen, extend

2. (intransitive) To become broad or broader.

   The roads gradually broadened as we drove into the countryside.

   Synonym: widen

Derived terms

• broaden someone's horizons

Translations

Anagrams

• Aberdon, bandore, boarden

English

Etymology

From Middle English amplifiyen, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + facere (“to make”). See ample , equivalent to ample +? -ify.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æmp.l?.fa?/
• Hyphenation: am?pli?fy

Verb

amplify (third-person singular simple present amplifies, present participle amplifying, simple past and past participle amplified)

1. (transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.

2. (transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
3. (transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.

4. (translation studies) To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.

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Further reading

• amplify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• amplify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.