What's the difference between fortitude and strength?

Fortitude


Definition:

  • (n.) Power to resist attack; strength; firmness.
  • (n.) That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring trouble.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It has been a season where you learn about yourself, it teaches you about your own mental fortitude and resilience.
  • (2) I get the frustration and the level of trust that we’ve lost as a result of that incident.” O’Donnell said ABF would continue to conduct checks of immigration status “driven by intelligence” but not in the manner forecast by Operation Fortitude.
  • (3) So far Greeks have shown remarkable fortitude in the face of such adversity.
  • (4) Dangerous lists the external threats to American security (the Middle East, North Korea and Islamic State but no Russia, naturally), then accuses Clinton of lacking fortitude with footage of her recent public faint and of her coughing.
  • (5) Communities in west Africa continue to suffer from the crisis with remarkable fortitude and finally the rich world has committed significant finance and resources to support critical public health measures, and progress in the search for treatments is encouraging.
  • (6) Jamaican governments haven't been known for their fortitude.
  • (7) It would send the signal that we did not have the moral resolve and political fortitude to see through what we ourselves have described as a national security imperative."
  • (8) He said: "There is fortitude and joie de vivre here - the ability to celebrate life in spite of many problems."
  • (9) The match had not gone as Arsenal had intended, but the fortitude was still memorable.
  • (10) But 4Children warned that this "impressive fortitude" may not be sustainable in the long run.
  • (11) Klein helped to nurse her for six months and was inspired by the fortitude and spirit her mother showed in her partial rehabilitation, and the strength she discovered in herself.
  • (12) "The so-called rebels are very few in number, not substantial and they lack the most critically important feature in democratic politics – what Churchill called intestinal fortitude – guts," Kinnock said.
  • (13) Even at such a time, even the most deeply bereaved can demonstrate extraordinary fortitude,” he said.
  • (14) He needed to prove himself; and the real test of both his editorship and fortitude was the Suez crisis of 1956.
  • (15) He asks for privacy during the next few weeks and he emphasises that he is contrite and faces punishment with fortitude and remorse."
  • (16) It outlines some of the suffering and distress of having the disorder, some of the efforts and techniques used in trying to understand and cope with the disorder, the fortitude and endurance required, the difficulty in seeking and accepting treatment and some of the sufferer's hopes for a better future.
  • (17) In the grouping of past-oriented thought,” he says, “nostalgia stands out as adaptive.” In community experiments, research suggests that nostalgia helps build resources like optimism or inspiration or creativity, which are correlated with mental fortitude.
  • (18) Williams praised the victim’s bravery in coming forward, saying: “She has continued to show courage and fortitude … and the court wishes her good fortune for the future – which she so richly deserves.” Forced marriage was criminalised under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, which came into force last June.
  • (19) So I think just in general, for the group to have the fortitude that they showed to get back to this spot, I think speaks volumes about how they’re constituted and what kind of fibre they have.” It was clear that San Antonio were galvanised by the traumatic nature of their loss to Miami in 2013 - as well as aided by flaccid efforts from Miami's supporting cast, which made the Heat over-reliant on James.
  • (20) Boys are trained to be more aggressive, show more fortitude, and be more self-reliant than girls; girls are trained to be more industrious, responsible, obedient, and sexually restrained than boys.

Strength


Definition:

  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) Power of resisting attacks; impregnability.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) 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?
  • (n.) Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; -- said of literary work.
  • (n.) Intensity; -- said of light or color.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) A strong place; a stronghold.
  • (v. t.) To strengthen.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The femoral component, made of Tivanium with titanium mesh attached to it by a new process called diffusion bonding, retains superalloy fatigue strength characteristics.
  • (2) The strengths and weaknesses of each technique are described in this article.
  • (3) It was found that there is a significant difference in bond strengths between enamel and stainless steel with strength to enamel the greater.
  • (4) The compressive strength of bone is proportional to the square of the apparent density and to the strain rate raised to the 0.06 power.
  • (5) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
  • (6) The increased muscular strength in due to a rise of calcaemia, improved muscle contraction and probably also due to the mentioned nutritional factors.
  • (7) The relative strength of the progressions varies with excitation wavelength and this, together with the absence of a common origin, indicates the existence of two independent emitting states with 0-0' levels separated by either 300 or 1000 cm-1.
  • (8) Disabled men also were more depressed and anxious and had lower ego strength and higher hypochondriasis scores on the MMPI, but were no different in type A behavior.
  • (9) The RNA solutions showed a dielectric increment proportional to the strength of the applied field and to the RNA concentration.
  • (10) We show that it does apply under conditions of high ionic strength (0.3 M KCl), and under these conditions time courses may be analyzed to yield unbiased estimates of the initiation (Vi) and chain elongation (Vp) rates.
  • (11) The single best predictor of EI was BW (r2 = 0.47, p = 0.0001), and further small but significant contributions were made by BMC (r2 = 0.53, p = 0.0001) and grip strength (r2 = 0.55, p = 0.0001).
  • (12) Strength of the women ranged from 62 to 70 percent of that of the men, depending upon muscle group.
  • (13) Analysis of bond values of glass ionomer added to glass ionomer indicate bond variability and low cohesive bond strength of the material.
  • (14) Results on resting blood pressure, serum lipids, vital capacity, flexibility, upper body strength, and vertical jump tests were comparable to values found for the sedentary population.
  • (15) For the case of the fluctuating pressure, the strength of the artery becomes considerably lower than those under constant amplitude and two-step-multi-duplicated pulsatile pressure.
  • (16) Furthermore, even the action of Lys-5 on the Pseudomonas OM was abolished when the assays were performed in the presence of 150 mM NaCl instead of the low-ionic strength buffer earlier used by investigators studying the effect of polycations on the Pseudomonas OM.
  • (17) which suggest that ~60-90% of the cross-bridges attached in rigor are attached in relaxed fibers at an ionic strength of 20 mM and ~2-10% of this number of cross-bridges are attached in a relaxed fiber at an ionic strength of 170 mM.
  • (18) Classification into hazard categories depends on the overall strength of evidence that an agent may cause mutations in humans.
  • (19) The influence of the solution ionic strength on the binding process was practically lacking.
  • (20) We attribute the greater strength of the step-cut repair to the additional number of epitendinous loops, which lie perpendicular to the long axis of the tendon.