Bewaring vs Bearing - What's the difference?
bewaring | bearing |
(archaic, or, nonstandard)
* 1834 , James Blundell, The Principles and Practice of Obstetricy , page
* 1871 , unknown translator, Henry Sweet (ed.), King Alfred's West-Saxon Version of Gregory's Pastoral Care , page
* 1896 , , Collected Writings , page
*:"Oh, my lord, beware of jealousy!" Yes; and my lord couldn't possibly have more reason for bewaring of it than myself; [...]
Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.
A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.
(navigation, nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.
Relevance; a relationship or connection.
* Alexander Pope
One's posture, demeanor, or manner.
* Shakespeare
(in the plural) Direction or relative position.
(architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.
(architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
(architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.
(heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.
* Thackeray
As verbs the difference between bewaring and bearing
is that bewaring is present participle of lang=en while bearing is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective bearing is
of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.As a noun bearing is
a mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.bewaring
English
Verb
(head)282
- [...] in most cases, you may try the lever or the forceps, but with gentleness, with caution, as on your dearest friend, bewaring lest you occasion a laceration or sloughing of the softer parts; [...]
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- They are to be admonished to understand that they often sin still worse by bewaring' of little sins than they do with great ones; because they simulate innocence by ' bewaring of the little ones.
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bearing
English
Adjective
(-)- That's a bearing wall.
Derived terms
* -bearingNoun
(en noun)- That has no bearing on this issue.
- But of this frame, the bearings and the ties, / The strong connections, nice dependencies.
- She walks with a confident, self-assured bearing .
- I know him by his bearing .
- A lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.
- The beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.
- A carriage covered with armorial bearings .
