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Downbear vs Downbeat - What's the difference?

downbear | downbeat |

As a verb downbear

is to bear, bring or carry down.

As a noun downbeat is

(music) the accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke).

As an adjective downbeat is

sad or pessimistic.

downbear

English

Verb

  • To bear, bring or carry down.
  • *1882 , Hermes (Trismegistus.), John David Chambers (1805-1893), The theological and philosophical works of Hermes Trismegistus :
  • Immediately from the downborne elements sprung forth The Word of The God to the pure creation of all Nature, [...]
  • To bear or press down (on); press upon; depress; subdue.
  • *1997 , Bob Flaws, Curing Insomnia Naturally with Chinese Medicine :
  • Further, Caulis Bambusae downbears' the stomach, thus ' downbearing upwardly counterflowing depressive heat.
  • *2000 , Philippe Sionneau, Lü Gang, The Treatment of Disease in Tmc: General Symptoms :
  • Together, these points supplement the qi to help upbear the clear and downbear the turbid when needled with supplementing method.
  • *2007 , Bruce H. Robinson, Biomedicine :
  • When one relaxes physically as well as mentally, whatever qi should be upborne is upborne and whatever qi should be downborne' is ' downborne .
  • To lessen; reduce.
  • *1998 , Bob Flaws, Sticking to the Point :
  • The stomach channel's uniting point, Zu San Li, is chosen in order to drain the stomach and downbear counterflow.

    downbeat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • sad or pessimistic
  • He sounded downbeat when asked about his future plans.

    Antonyms

    * upbeat

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