Difference between Fort and Fortify

What is the difference between Fort and Fortify?

Fort as a noun is a fortified defensive structure stationed with troops while Fortify as a verb is to increase the defenses of.

Fort

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops Any permanent army post

Example sentence: It is often useful, if an enemy happens to see you, to pretend that you have not seen him. Or it may sometimes be useful to pretend that you have other men with you. I did this once in the Boer War when, having crept up a donga to look at a Boer fort, I was seen by the enemy, and they came out to capture me.

Fortify

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To increase the defenses of.To impart strength or vigor to.To increase the effectiveness of, as by additional ingredients.To strengthen mentally or morally.

Example sentence: If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you.

We hope you now know whether to use Fort or Fortify in your sentence.

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