Buttress vs. Reinforce: What's the Difference?

Buttress and Reinforce Definitions
Buttress
A structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support or reinforcement.
Reinforce
To give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen
The news reinforced her hopes.
Buttress
The flared base of certain tree trunks.
Reinforce
To strengthen (a military force) with additional personnel or equipment.
Buttress
A horny growth on the heel of a horse's hoof.
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Reinforce
To strengthen by adding extra support or material.
Buttress
Something that serves to support, prop, or reinforce:"The law is by its very nature a buttress of the status quo"(J. William Fulbright).
Reinforce
To increase the number or amount of; augment.
Buttress
To support or reinforce with a buttress.
Reinforce
To reward (an experimental subject, for example) with a reinforcer subsequent to a desired response or performance.
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Buttress
To sustain, prop, or bolster:"The author buttresses her analysis with lengthy dissections of several of Moore's poems"(Warren Woessner).
Reinforce
To encourage (a response) by means of a reinforcer.
Buttress
(architecture) A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
Flying buttress
Reinforce
(transitive) To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.
He reinforced the handle with a metal rod and a bit of tape.
Buttress
(by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
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Reinforce
(transitive) To emphasize or review.
The right homework will reinforce and complement the lesson!
Buttress
(botany) A buttress-root.
Reinforce
(transitive) To encourage (a behavior or idea) through repeated stimulus.
Advertising for fast food can reinforce unhealthy dietary tendencies.
Buttress
(climbing) A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.
Crowell Buttresses, Dismal Buttress
Reinforce
Make stronger;
He reinforced the concrete
Buttress
(figurative) Anything that supports or strengthens.
Reinforce
Strengthen and support with rewards;
Let's reinforce good behavior
Buttress
To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
Buttress
To support something or someone by supplying evidence.
Buttress
A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.
Buttress
Anything which supports or strengthens.
Buttress
To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.
To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up for duration.
Buttress
A support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
Buttress
Reinforce with a buttress;
Buttress the church
Buttress
Make stronger or defensible;
Buttress your thesis