Bare vs Raw - What's the difference?
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Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
* Addison
Naked, uncovered.
Having no supplies.
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Having no decoration.
Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
(British, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
With head uncovered; bareheaded.
* Herbert
Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
* Milton
Threadbare; much worn.
* Shakespeare
(British, slang) Very; significantly.
Barely.
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Without a condom
the surface, the (bare) skin
* 1599 ,
* 2002 , Darren Shan, Hunters of the dusk: 7 :
Surface; body; substance.
* Marston
(architecture) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
To uncover; to reveal.
(obsolete) (bear)
* Bible, Josh. iii. 15
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 5
Of food: not cooked.
Not treated or processed (of materials, products etc.); in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed.
Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated.
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Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated.
Of data, statistics etc: uncorrected, without analysis.
* 2010 , "Under the volcano", (The Economist), 16 Oct 2010:
Of weather: unpleasantly damp or cold.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Not covered; bare; bald.
* Spenser
(slang) Without a condom.
(sugar refining, sugar trade) An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.
* 1800 , Louisiana Sugar Planters' Association, Lousiana Sugar Chemists' Association, American Cane Growers' Association, The Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer , Volume 22,
* 1921 , , The Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry , Volume 13, Part 1,
* 1939 , The Commercial and Financial Chronicle , Volume 148, Part 2,
In obsolete terms the difference between bare and raw
is that bare is simple past of bear while raw is not covered; bare; bald.As adjectives the difference between bare and raw
is that bare is minimal; that is or are just sufficient while raw is of food: not cooked.As adverbs the difference between bare and raw
is that bare is very; significantly while raw is without a condom.As nouns the difference between bare and raw
is that bare is the surface, the (bare) skin while raw is an unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.As a verb bare
is to uncover; to reveal.As a proper noun Baré
is an extinct language of Venezuela.As an abbreviation RAW is
the rules as written: the actual rules appearing in the rulebook, as opposed to house rules, or as opposed to the rules that might have been intended (in the event of a mistake in the rulebook).bare
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- a bare majority
- the bare necessaries of life
- Don't show your bare backside in public.
- a room bare of furniture
- The cupboard was bare .
- Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare .
- The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?
- The trees were left bare after the swarm of locusts devoured all the leaves.
- It's bare money to get in the club each time, man.
- When once thy foot enters the church, be bare .
- Bare in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear!
- It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words.
Synonyms
* (minimal) mere, minimal * (without a condom) * (naked) exposed, naked, nude, uncovered, undressed * (having no supplies) empty, unfurnished, unstocked, unsupplied * (having no decoration) empty, plain, unadorned, undecorated * (having had what usually covers (something) removed ): despoiled, stripped, uncoveredAntonyms
* (minimal) ample, plentiful, sufficient * (naked) covered, covered up, dressed, unexposed * (having no supplies) full, furnished, stocked, supplied, well-stocked * (having no decoration) adorned, decorated, ornate * coveredDerived terms
* ace bare * bareback * barebacked * bare boards * bareboat * barebone * bare bones * bare-breasted * bare-chested * barefaced * barefoot, barefooted * barehanded * bareheaded * bare-knuckle fight * bareland * barelegged * barely * bareness * bare patch * barish * in one's bare skin * king bare * lay bare * threadbare * with one's bare handsAdverb
- This porno's bare whack, bruv.
Noun
(en noun)- In sad good earnest, sir, you have toucht the very bare of naked truth [...]
- Vancha clasped the bare of my neck and squeezed amiably.
- You have touched the very bare of naked truth.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m).Verb
(bar)- She bared her teeth at him.
Synonyms
* (uncover) expose, lay bare, reveal, show, uncoverAntonyms
* (uncover) cover, cover up, hideDerived terms
* bare one's breast * bare one's soul * bare one's teethEtymology 3
Inflected forms.Verb
(head)- The feet of the priest that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water.
- And so I put thee on my shoulder and bare thee back, and here thou art in David's room, and shalt find board and bed with me as long as thou hast mind to
References
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English
Adjective
(er)citation, passage=‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw . Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared. […]’}}
- What makes Mexico worrying is not just the raw numbers but the power of the cartels over society.
- a raw wind
- a raw and gusty day
- with scull all raw
Synonyms
* See also * (without a condom)Derived terms
* (l)Adverb
(head)Noun
(en noun)page 287,
- With the recent advance in London yellow crystals, however, the disproportion of the relative value of these two kinds has been considerably reduced, and a better demand for crystallized raws should consequently occur.
page 149,
- Early in the year the raws were melted to about 20 Brix in order to facilitate filtration.
page 2924,
- The world sugar contract closed 1 to 3 points net higher, with sales of only 36 lots. London raws sold at 8s. 4½d., and futures there were unchanged to 3d. higher.