Power vs. Strength

Powernoun

(social) Ability to coerce, influence or control.

Powernoun

(countable) Ability to affect or influence.

Powernoun

Control or coercion, particularly legal or political (jurisdiction).

Powernoun

(metonymy) (chiefly in the plural) The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.

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(metonymy) An influential nation, company, or other such body.

Powernoun

Effectiveness.

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Physical force or strength.

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Electricity or a supply of electricity.

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A measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy.

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The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.

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Any of the elementary forms or parts of machines: three primary (the lever, inclined plane, and pulley) and three secondary (the wheel-and-axle, wedge, and screw).

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(mathematics)

Powernoun

A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): x^n, read as "x to the power of n" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x \times x \times \cdots \times x, where x appears n times in the product; x is called the base and n the exponent.

Powernoun

(set theory) Cardinality.

Powernoun

(statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.

Powernoun

In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.

Powerverb

(transitive) To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).

Powerverb

(transitive) To hit or kick something forcefully.

Powerverb

To enable or provide the impetus for.

Poweradjective

Impressive.

Powernoun

Same as Poor, the fish.

Powernoun

Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power.

Powernoun

Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm.

Powernoun

Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; - called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.

Powernoun

The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.

Powernoun

The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity.

Powernoun

A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.

Powernoun

A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o good things.

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The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an engine of twenty horse power.

Powernoun

A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.

Powernoun

The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number.

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A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.

Powernoun

Mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc.

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The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and usually in the microscope, the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it multiplies the apparent surface.

Powernoun

An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment.

Powernoun

Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.

Powernoun

possession of controlling influence;

Powernoun

(physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)

Powernoun

possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done;

Powernoun

a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world

Powernoun

(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power;

Powernoun

one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority;

Powernoun

physical strength

Powernoun

a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

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a very wealthy or powerful businessman;

Powerverb

supply the force or power for the functioning of;

Powernoun

the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way

Powernoun

the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behaviour of others or the course of events

Powernoun

political or social authority or control, especially that exercised by a government

Powernoun

authority that is given or delegated to a person or body

Powernoun

the military strength of a state

Powernoun

a state or country, especially one viewed in terms of its international influence and military strength

Powernoun

a person or organization that is strong or influential within a particular context

Powernoun

a supernatural being, deity, or force

Powernoun

(in traditional Christian angelology) the sixth-highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.

Powernoun

denoting something associated with people who hold authority and influence, especially in the context of business or politics

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used in the names of movements aiming to enhance the status of a specified group

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physical strength and force exerted by something or someone

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capacity or performance of an engine or other device

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denoting a sports player, team, or style of play that makes use of power rather than finesse

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the magnifying capacity of a lens.

Powernoun

energy that is produced by mechanical, electrical, or other means and used to operate a device

Powernoun

electrical energy supplied to an area, building, etc.

Powernoun

driven by electrical energy

Powernoun

the rate of doing work, measured in watts or less frequently horse power.

Powernoun

the product obtained when a number is multiplied by itself a certain number of times

Powernoun

a large number or amount of something

Powerverb

supply (a device) with mechanical or electrical energy

Powerverb

switch a device on or off

Powerverb

move or travel with great speed or force

Powerverb

direct (something, especially a ball) with great force

Strengthnoun

The quality or degree of being strong.

Strengthnoun

The intensity of a force or power; potency.

Strengthnoun

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

Strengthnoun

A positive attribute.

Strengthnoun

(obsolete) Armed force, body of troops.

Strengthnoun

(obsolete) A strong place; a stronghold.

Strengthverb

(obsolete) To give strength to; to strengthen.

Strengthnoun

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.

Strengthnoun

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.

Strengthnoun

Power of resisting attacks; impregnability.

Strengthnoun

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.

Strengthnoun

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.

Strengthnoun

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?

Strengthnoun

Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; - said of literary work.

Strengthnoun

Intensity; - said of light or color.

Strengthnoun

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.

Strengthnoun

A strong place; a stronghold.

Strengthverb

To strengthen.

Strengthnoun

the property of being physically or mentally strong;

Strengthnoun

capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war;

Strengthnoun

physical energy or intensity;

Strengthnoun

an asset of special worth or utility;

Strengthnoun

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;

Strengthnoun

the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation);

Strengthnoun

capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects;

Strengthnoun

the condition of financial success;

Strengthnoun

permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force;

Strengthnoun

the quality or state of being physically strong

Strengthnoun

the influence or power possessed by a person, organization, or country

Strengthnoun

the degree of intensity of a feeling or belief

Strengthnoun

the extent to which an argument or case is sound or convincing

Strengthnoun

the potency, intensity, or speed of a force or natural agency

Strengthnoun

the potential of a hand to win tricks, arising from the number and type of high cards it contains.

Strengthnoun

the capacity of an object or substance to withstand great force or pressure

Strengthnoun

the emotional or mental qualities necessary in dealing with difficult or distressing situations

Strengthnoun

the potency or degree of concentration of a drug, chemical, or drink

Strengthnoun

a good or beneficial quality or attribute of a person or thing

Strengthnoun

a person or thing perceived as a source of mental or emotional support

Strengthnoun

the number of people comprising a group, typically a team or army

Strengthnoun

a number of people required to make such a group complete