different between enrich vs fulfill

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

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) fulfil

Etymology

From Middle English fulfillen, from Old English fullfyllan (“to fill full”), corresponding to ful- +? fill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?l?f?l/, /f??f?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Verb

fulfill (third-person singular simple present fulfills, present participle fulfilling, simple past and past participle fulfilled) (American spelling)

1. To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
2. To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest.

3. To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.).

4. (business) To package, distribute, or ship goods.
5. (archaic) To fill full; fill to the utmost capacity; fill up.
   • 1870, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night

     The silence which benumbs or strains the sense

     Fulfils with awe the soul's despair unweeping

Derived terms

• fulfilled
• fulfilling
• fulfillable
• (chiefly US) fulfillment; (UK) fulfilment
• unfulfilled

Translations