Difference between Erect and Hard

What is the difference between Erect and Hard?

Erect as an adjective is upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards. while Hard as an adjective is resistant to pressure.

Erect

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards. Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts. To cause to stand up or out.

Example sentence: Whoever uplifts civilization is rich though he die penniless, and future generations will erect his monument.

Hard

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: With much force or effort.With difficulty.Compactly.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Resistant to pressure.Requiring a lot of effort to do or understandDemanding a lot of effort to endure., severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.Unquestionable.Of drink, strong.Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.Of water, high in dissolved calcium compounds.Sexually aroused.Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.Of a ferromagnetic material, having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (c.f. soft)

Example sentence: Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success.

We hope you now know whether to use Erect or Hard in your sentence.

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