Deliver vs Spare - What's the difference?

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Deliver is a related term of spare.

As verbs the difference between deliver and spare

is that deliver is to set free while spare is to show mercy.

As an adjective spare is

scanty; not abundant or plentiful.

As a noun spare is

the act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

deliver

English

Alternative forms

* delivre (archaic)

Verb

(en verb)

To set free.

(label) To do with birth.

# To give birth.

# To assist in the birth of.

# To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).

#* Gower

She was delivered safe and soon.

(label) To free from or disburden of anything.

* (Henry Peacham) (1578-c.1644)

Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones.

To bring or transport something to its destination.

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To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.

* Bible, (w) xl. 13

Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

The constables have delivered her over.

* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

The exalted mind / All sense of woe delivers to the wind.

To express in words, declare, or utter.

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* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 27, author=Nathan Rabin, work=The Onion AV Club

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To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.

* Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)

shaking his head and delivering some show of tears

* Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)

An uninstructed bowler thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straight forward.

To discover; to show.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

I'll deliver myself your loyal servant.

(label) To admit; to allow to pass.

(Francis Bacon)

Synonyms

* (to set free) * (to express)

Derived terms

* delivery * deliverable * deliver the goods

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spare

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) spare, spar, from (etyl) ‘thick’).

Adjective

(er)

scanty; not abundant or plentiful.

a spare diet

* {{quote-news

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sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.

* Carew

He was spare , but discreet of speech.

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Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.

I have no spare time.

* Spenser

if that no spare clothes he had to give

Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.

a spare''' anchor; a '''spare bed or room

lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.

* Shakespeare

O, give me the spare men, and spare me the great ones.

(obsolete, UK, dialect) slow

(Grose)

Derived terms

* go spare * spare part * spare time * spare tire * spare tyre * spare wheel

Noun

(en noun)

The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

* Holland

Killing for sacrifice, without any spare .

Parsimony; frugal use.

* Spenser

Poured out their plenty without spite or spare .

An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.

That which has not been used or expended.

A spare part, especially a spare tire.

(bowling) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.

(bowling) The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) sparen, sparien, from (etyl) .

Verb

(spar)

To show mercy.

# To desist; to stop; to refrain.

# To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.

# To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy.

#* Bible, (w) vi. 34

He will not spare in the day of vengeance.

#* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)

Kill me, if you please, or spare me.

#* {{quote-news, date=21 August 2012, first=Ed, last=Pilkington, newspaper=The Guardian

, title= Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die? , passage=Reggie Clemons has one last chance to save his life. After 19 years on death row in Missouri for the murder of two young women, he has been granted a final opportunity to persuade a judge that he should be spared execution by lethal injection.}}

To keep.

# To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.

#* (rfdate) (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

I, who at some times spend, at others spare , / Divided between carelessness and care.

# To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give.

#* (rfdate) (John Milton)

[Thou] thy Father's dreadful thunder didst not spare .

#* (rfdate) Bible, Proverbs xvii. 27

He that hath knowledge, spareth his words.

# (transitive)} To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.

#* (rfdate) (Knolles)

All the time he could spare from the necessary cares of his weighty charge, he bestowed on serving of God.

(to give up) To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.

* (rfdate) (Roscommon)

Where angry Jove did never spare / One breath of kind and temperate air.

* (rfdate) (Shakespeare)

I could have better spared a better man.

* , chapter=22

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.

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