different between harden vs condense

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

Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condensare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?d?ns/

Verb

condense (third-person singular simple present condenses, present participle condensing, simple past and past participle condensed)

1. (transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.

   Synonyms: thicken, simplify, (cooking) reduce; see also Thesaurus:compress

   Antonym: dilute

   • The secret course pursued both at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.

2. (transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
3. (intransitive, chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.

Derived terms

• condensing locomotive

Related terms

• condensation

Translations

Adjective

condense (comparative more condense, superlative most condense)

1. (archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.

   • The huge condense bodies of planets.

References

• condense at OneLook Dictionary Search
• condense in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: condensent, condenses

Verb

condense

1. first-person singular present indicative of condenser
2. third-person singular present indicative of condenser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of condenser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of condenser
5. second-person singular imperative of condenser

Italian

Noun

condense f

1. plural of condensa

Anagrams

• censendo

Latin

Adjective

cond?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of cond?nsus

Portuguese

Verb

condense

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of condensar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of condensar
3. first-person singular imperative of condensar
4. third-person singular imperative of condensar

Spanish

Verb

condense

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of condensar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of condensar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of condensar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of condensar.