different between harden vs coagulate

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h??dn?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??dn?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d?n
• Hyphenation: hard?en

Etymology 1

From Middle English hardenen, equivalent to hard +? -en. Cognate with Danish hærdne (“to harden; cure”), Swedish hårdna (“to harden”), Norwegian herdne (“to harden”), Icelandic harðna (“to harden”).

Verb

harden (third-person singular simple present hardens, present participle hardening, simple past and past participle hardened)

1. (intransitive) To become hard (tough, resistant to pressure).
2. (transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder (tough, resistant to pressure).
3. (transitive, figuratively) To strengthen.
   • 2002, Jane's International Defense Review (volume 35)

     In view of the system's relatively low cost, the preferred alternative could be for the military user to avail himself of multiple base stations rather than seeking to harden the base station hardware for defense applications.
4. (transitive, computing) To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.
5. (transitive, intransitive, dated) To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.

   Synonym: inure

   • KJV, Exodus 4:21

     When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

6. (transitive, intransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more fortis.

Derived terms

• forharden
• hardened
• hardener
• hardening
• harden off
• harden someone's heart
• harden up
• overharden

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

harden (countable and uncountable, plural hardens)

1. Alternative form of hurden (“coarse linen”)

Anagrams

• Harned, Hendra, hander

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?rd?n

Verb

harden

1. (transitive) To render hard(er), more resistant etc.; to temper metal; to steel nerves

   De geharde veteranen verbeten de pijn zonder jammeren.

   The hardened veterans bore the pain without whining.

2. (transitive) to endure, bear, stand, tolerate

Inflection

Synonyms

• (to endure) uithouden, verdragen

Noun

harden

1. Plural form of harde

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin co?gul?, co?gul?tus, from co?gulum (“a means of curdling, rennet”), from c?g? (“bring together, gather, collect”), from co- (“together”) + ag? (“do, make, drive”). Doublet of quail. Displaced native Middle English irennen, from Old English ?erinnan, but not native curdle.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k???æ?.j?.le?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ko??æ?.j?.le?t/

Verb

coagulate (third-person singular simple present coagulates, present participle coagulating, simple past and past participle coagulated)

1. (intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.

2. (transitive) To cause to congeal.

Antonyms

• dissolve, melt

Derived terms

• coagulation
• coagulant

Related terms

• coagulum

Translations

Adjective

coagulate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Coagulated.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, II. ii. 460:

     roasted in wrath and fire, / And thus o'er-sized with coagulate gore,

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k???æ?.j?.l?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ko??æ?.j?.l?t/

Noun

coagulate (plural coagulates)

1. A mass formed by means of coagulation.

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

• catalogue

Italian

Verb

coagulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of coagulare
2. second-person plural imperative of coagulare
3. feminine plural of coagulato

Latin

Verb

co?gul?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of co?gul?