Enrich vs. Rich

Enrich vs. Rich — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Enrich and Rich

Enrichverb

(transitive) To enhance.

Richadjective

Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

Enrichverb

(transitive) To make (someone or something) rich or richer.

Hobbies enrich lives.The choke in a car engine enriches the fuel mixture.

Richadjective

Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.

a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry

Enrichverb

(transitive) To adorn, ornate more richly.

Richadjective

Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.

a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop
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Enrichverb

(transitive) To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.

Richadjective

Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.

rich soil or land; a rich mine

Enrichverb

To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.

Richadjective

Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.

a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents

Enrichverb

(transitive) To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify

Richadjective

Not faint or delicate; vivid.

a rich red colour
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Enrichverb

(chemistry) To make to rise the proportion of a given constituent.

Richadjective

Very amusing.

The scene was a rich one.a rich incident or character

Enrichverb

To add new elements, to complete.

Richadjective

(informal) Ridiculous, absurd, outrageous, preposterous.

Enrichverb

make better or improve in quality;

The experience enriched her understandingenriched foods

Richadjective

(computing) Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.

Enrichverb

make wealthy or richer;

the oil boom enriched a lot of local people

Richadjective

Of a fuel-air mixture, having less air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.

Richadjective

(finance) Trading at a price level which is high relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.

The ETF is trading rich to NAV right now; we can arb this by selling the ETF and buying the underlying constituents.

Richverb

To enrich.

Richverb

To become rich.

Richadjective

possessing material wealth;

her father is extremely richmany fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles

Richadjective

having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources);

blessed with a land rich in mineralsrich in ideasrich with cultural interest

Richadjective

of great worth or quality;

a rich collection of antiques

Richadjective

marked by great fruitfulness;

fertile farmlanda fat landa productive vineyardrich soil

Richadjective

strong; intense;

deep purplea rich red

Richadjective

very productive;

rich seams of coal

Richadjective

high in mineral content; having a a high proportion of fuel to air;

a rich vein of coppera rich gas mixture

Richadjective

suggestive of or characterized by great expense;

a rich display

Richadjective

marked by richness and fullness of flavor;

a rich ruby portfull-bodied winesa robust claretthe robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee

Richadjective

highly seasoned or containing large amounts of choice ingredients such as butter or sugar or eggs;

kept gorging on rich foodsrich pastriesrich eggnogg

Richadjective

pleasantly full and mellow;

a rich tenor voice

Richadjective

affording an abundant supply;

had ample food for the partycopious provisionsfood is plentifula plenteous grape harvesta rich supply