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Ali.h Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Strength VS power

Is there any difference between the words strength and power?
  

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Is there any difference between the words strength and power? I guess it depends on whether you're talking about politics or physics. I'd say that in both realms, strength = durability, and power = ability to accomplish something.

  • Is there any difference between the words strength and power?
  • I guess it depends on whether you're talking about politics or physics.
  • I'd say that in both realms, strength = durability, and power = ability to accomplish something.
  • ) In physics, "power" differs from energy in adding the time factor.
  • A truck with greater horsepower can haul a given load up a given mountain faster.
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Is there any difference between the words strength and power?

I guess it depends on whether you're talking about politics or physics.
I'd say that in both realms, strength = durability, and power = ability to accomplish something.

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I should probably add that in body building, strength and power are often used synonymously.

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