Bare vs Small - What's the difference?

In obsolete terms the difference between bare and small

is that bare is simple past of bear while small is to a small extent.

As adjectives the difference between bare and small

is that bare is minimal; that is or are just sufficient while small is not large or big; insignificant; few in numbers or size.

As adverbs the difference between bare and small

is that bare is very; significantly while small is in a small fashion.

As nouns the difference between bare and small

is that bare is the surface, the (bare) skin while small is any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.

As verbs the difference between bare and small

is that bare is to uncover; to reveal while small is to make little or less.

As proper nouns the difference between bare and small

is that bare is an extinct language of Venezuela while Small is {{surname}.

bare

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

Adjective

(er)

Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.

a bare majority

* Addison

the bare necessaries of life

Naked, uncovered.

Don't show your bare backside in public.

Having no supplies.

a room bare of furniture

The cupboard was bare .

* 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/nyregion/new-jersey-continues-to-cope-with-hurricane-sandy.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):

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 .

Having no decoration.

The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?

Having had what usually covers (something) removed.

The trees were left bare after the swarm of locusts devoured all the leaves.

(British, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.

It's bare money to get in the club each time, man.

With head uncovered; bareheaded.

* Herbert

When once thy foot enters the church, be bare .

Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.

* Milton

Bare in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear!

Threadbare; much worn.

* Shakespeare

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, uncovered

Antonyms

* (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 * covered

Derived 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 hands

Adverb

(British, slang) Very; significantly.

This porno's bare whack, bruv.

Barely.

Without a condom

Noun

(en noun)

the surface, the (bare) skin

* 1599 ,

In sad good earnest, sir, you have toucht the very bare of naked truth [...]

* 2002 , Darren Shan, Hunters of the dusk: 7 :

Vancha clasped the bare of my neck and squeezed amiably.

Surface; body; substance.

* Marston

You have touched the very bare of naked truth.

(architecture) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) (m).

Verb

(bar)

To uncover; to reveal.

She bared her teeth at him.

Synonyms

* (uncover) expose, lay bare, reveal, show, uncover

Antonyms

* (uncover) cover, cover up, hide

Derived terms

* bare one's breast * bare one's soul * bare one's teeth

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Verb

(head)

(obsolete) (bear)

* Bible, Josh. iii. 15

The feet of the priest that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water.

* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 5

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

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small

English

Adjective

(er)

Not large or big; insignificant; few in numbers or size.

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* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Engineers of a different kind , passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.}}

(figuratively) Young, as a child.

(writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.

Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.

* Carlyle

A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the greatest man.

Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.

a small space of time

Synonyms

* (not large or big) little, microscopic, minuscule, minute, tiny; see also * little, wee (Scottish), young * (of written letters) lowercase, minuscule

Antonyms

* See also * (not large or big) capital, big, generous (said of an amount of something given), large * adult, grown-up, old * (of written letters) big, capital, majuscule, uppercase

Derived terms

* small arm * small arms * small beer * small calorie * small-cell lung cancer * small change * small claims court * smallclothes * smaller European elm bark beetle * small forward * small fry * smallgoods * smallholder * smallholding * small hours * small intestine * smallish * small-minded * smallmouth * smallmouth bass * smallmouth black bass * smallness * small potatoes * smallpox * smalls * small-scale * small screen * small stuff * smallsword * small talk * small-time * * small wonder * twice as small * twice as small as

Adverb

(er)

In a small fashion.

* (William Shakespeare), (w, A Midsummer Night's Dream) , Act I, scene 2, line 49:

That's all one: you shall play it in a mask, and / you may speak as small as you will.

In or into small pieces.

* 2009 , Ingrid Hoffman, CBS Early Morning for September 28, 2009 (transcription)

That's going to go in there. We've got some chives small chopped as well.

(obsolete) To a small extent.

* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare), Sonnets , "Lucrece", line 1273

It small avails my mood.

Derived terms

* writ small

Noun

(en noun)

Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.

(UK, in the plural) Underclothes.

Derived terms

* small of the back

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To make little or less.

To become small; to dwindle.

* Thomas Hardy

And smalled till she was nought at all.

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