Dare vs Bet - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between dare and bet

is that dare is to have enough courage (to do something) while bet is to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.

As nouns the difference between dare and bet

is that dare is a challenge to prove courage while bet is a wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).

As proper nouns the difference between dare and bet

is that dare is abbreviation of w:Dictionary of American Regional English|Dictionary of American Regional English|lang=en while Bet is a diminutive of Elizabeth.

As an initialism BET is

a nitrogen adsorption technique used to measure the specific surface area of a solid.

dare

English

(wikipedia dare)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) durran, from (etyl) .

Verb

To have enough courage (to do something).

I wouldn't dare argue with my boss.

* Shakespeare

The fellow dares not deceive me.

* Macaulay

Why then did not the ministers use their new law? Because they durst not, because they could not.

To defy or challenge (someone to do something)

I dare you to kiss that girl.

To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to

Will you dare death to reach your goal?

* The Century

To wrest it from barbarism, to dare its solitudes.

To terrify; to daunt.

* Beaumont and Fletcher

For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs, / Would dare a woman.

To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them.

(Nares)

Usage notes

* Dare is a semimodal verb. The speaker can choose whether to use the auxiliary "to" when forming negative and interrogative sentences. For example, "I don't dare (to) go" and "I dare not go" are both correct. Similarly "Dare you go?" and "Do you dare (to) go?" are both correct. * In negative and interrogative sentences where "do" is not used, the third-person singular form of the verb is usually "dare" and not "dares": "Dare he go? He dare not go." * Colloquially, "dare not" can be contracted to "daren't". * The expression dare say'', used almost exclusively in the first-person singular and in the present tense, means "think probable". It is also spelt ''daresay . * Historically, the simple past of dare was durst. In the 1830s, it was overtaken by dared, which has been markedly more common ever since.

Derived terms

* daredevil * daren't * daresay * daresn't

Noun

(en noun)

A challenge to prove courage.

The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.

* Shakespeare

It lends a lustre / A large dare to our great enterprise.

defiance; challenge

* Chapman

Childish, unworthy dares / Are not enought to part our powers.

* Shakespeare

Sextus Pompeius / Hath given the dare to Caesar.

Etymology 2

(etyl) darian.

Verb

(dar)

(obsolete) To stare stupidly or vacantly; to gaze as though amazed or terrified.

(obsolete) To lie or crouch down in fear.

*, Bk.XX, ch.xix:

*:‘Sir, here bene knyghtes com of kyngis blod that woll nat longe droupe and dare within thys wallys.’

Etymology 3

Noun

(en noun)

A small fish, the dace.

* 1766 , Richard Brookes, The art of angling, rock and sea-fishing

The Dare is not unlike a Chub, but proportionably less; his Body is more white and flatter, and his Tail more forked.

(Webster 1913)

Anagrams

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bet

English

Etymology 1

From 16th century criminal slang, likely from abet or (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).

Dylan owes Fletcher $30 from an unsuccessful bet.

A degree of certainty.

It’s a safe bet that it will rain tomorrow.

It’s an even bet that Jim will come top of the maths test tomorrow

Verb

To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.

* Shakespeare

John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head.

* O. W. Holmes

I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it.

To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.

You bet !

(poker) To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the first person to place money in the pot on each round.