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Strength vs. Strongness — What's the Difference?

Strength vs. Strongness — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Strength and Strongness

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Strength

The quality or state of being physically strong
Cycling can help you build up your strength

Strongness

The state or condition of being strong; strength.

Strength

The capacity of an object or substance to withstand great force or pressure
They were taking no chances with the strength of the retaining wall

Strength

The potency or degree of concentration of a drug, chemical, or drink
The solution comes in two strengths
It's double the strength of your average beer

Strength

A good or beneficial quality or attribute of a person or thing
The strengths and weaknesses of their sales and marketing operation
His strength was his obsessive single-mindedness
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Strength

The number of people comprising a group, typically a team or army
The peacetime strength of the army was 415,000

Strength

The state or quality of being strong; physical power or capacity
The strength needed to lift a box.

Strength

The capacity to resist attack; impregnability
The strength of the ship's armor.

Strength

The capacity to resist strain or stress; durability
The strength of the cables.

Strength

The ability to deal with difficult situations or to maintain a moral or intellectual position
Does he have the strength to overcome such a tragedy?.

Strength

The number of people constituting a normal or ideal organization
The police force has been at half strength since the budget cuts.

Strength

Capability in terms of numbers or resources
An army of fearsome strength.

Strength

An attribute or quality of particular worth or utility; an asset
Your easygoing nature is one of your strengths.

Strength

One that is regarded as the embodiment of protective or supportive power; a support or mainstay
Her family has been her strength in difficult times.

Strength

Degree of concentration, distillation, or saturation
What's the strength of that cleaning solution?.

Strength

Operative effectiveness or potency
The strength of the drug.

Strength

Intensity, as of sound or light
The strength of the wind.

Strength

Intensity of emotion or belief
The strength of feeling among the voters.

Strength

Cogency or persuasiveness
The strength of his argument.

Strength

Effective or binding force; efficacy
The strength of an argument.

Strength

Firmness of or a continuous rising tendency in prices, as of a currency or market.

Strength

(Games) Power derived from the value of playing cards held.

Strength

The quality or degree of being strong.
It requires great strength to lift heavy objects.

Strength

The intensity of a force or power; potency.
He had the strength of ten men.

Strength

The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.

Strength

A positive attribute.
We all have our own strengths and weaknesses.

Strength

(obsolete) An armed force, a body of troops.

Strength

(obsolete) A strong place; a stronghold.

Strength

(obsolete) To strengthen all senses.

Strength

The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment.
All his [Samson's] strength in his hairs were.
Thou must outliveThy youth, thy strength, thy beauty.

Strength

Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; - in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like.

Strength

Power of resisting attacks; impregnability.

Strength

That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument.

Strength

One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security.
God is our refuge and strength.
What they boded would be a mischief to us, you are providing shall be one of our principal strengths.
Certainly there is not a greater strength against temptation.

Strength

Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body, as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by land, or by sea?

Strength

Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; - said of literary work.
And praise the easy vigor of a lifeWhere Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join.

Strength

Intensity; - said of light or color.
Bright Phœbus in his strength.

Strength

Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence; - said of liquors, solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.

Strength

A strong place; a stronghold.

Strength

To strengthen.

Strength

The property of being physically or mentally strong;
Fatigue sapped his strength

Strength

Capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war;
We faced an army of great strength
Politicians have neglected our military posture

Strength

Physical energy or intensity;
He hit with all the force he could muster
It was destroyed by the strength of the gale
A government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man

Strength

An asset of special worth or utility;
Cooking is his forte

Strength

The power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty;
The strength of his argument settled the matter

Strength

The amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation);
He adjusted the intensity of the sound
They measured the station's signal strength

Strength

Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects;
The toxin's potency
The strength of the drinks

Strength

The condition of financial success;
The strength of the company's stock in recent weeks

Strength

Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force;
They advertised the durability of their products

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