Spare vs Letter - What's the difference?
spare | letter |
scanty; not abundant or plentiful.
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sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
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Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
* Spenser
Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete, UK, dialect) slow
The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
* Holland
Parsimony; frugal use.
* Spenser
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.
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
#* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
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# To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
#* (rfdate) (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
# To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give.
#* (rfdate) (John Milton)
#* (rfdate) Bible, Proverbs xvii. 27
# (transitive)} To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
#* (rfdate) (Knolles)
(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)
* (rfdate) (Shakespeare)
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* Bible, (w) xxiii. 38
A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
* (1662-1708)
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Literal meaning.
* (Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)
* (1809-1892)
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(plural) Literature.
A size of paper, 8½ in]] × 11 in (215.9 [[millimetre, mm × 279.4 mm, US paper sizes rounded to the nearest 5 mm).
A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.
A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
* (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
to print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.
(intransitive, US, scholastic) To earn a varsity letter (award).
One who lets, or lets out.
(archaic) One who retards or hinders.
As nouns the difference between spare and letter
is that spare is the act of sparing; moderation; restraint while letter is a letter (character).As an adjective spare
is scanty; not abundant or plentiful.As a verb spare
is to show mercy.spare
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) spare, spar, from (etyl) ‘thick’).Adjective
(er)- a spare diet
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- He was spare , but discreet of speech.
citation
- I have no spare time.
- if that no spare clothes he had to give
- a spare''' anchor; a '''spare bed or room
- O, give me the spare men, and spare me the great ones.
- (Grose)
Derived terms
* go spare * spare part * spare time * spare tire * spare tyre * spare wheelNoun
(en noun)- Killing for sacrifice, without any spare .
- Poured out their plenty without spite or spare .
Etymology 2
From (etyl) sparen, sparien, from (etyl) .Verb
(spar)- He will not spare in the day of vengeance.
- Kill me, if you please, or spare me.
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.}}
- I, who at some times spend, at others spare , / Divided between carelessness and care.
- [Thou] thy Father's dreadful thunder didst not spare .
- He that hath knowledge, spareth his words.
- All the time he could spare from the necessary cares of his weighty charge, he bestowed on serving of God.
- Where angry Jove did never spare / One breath of kind and temperate air.
- I could have better spared a better man.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.
Anagrams
* * * * * * * * * * * * ----letter
English
(wikipedia letter)Etymology 1
(etyl) letter, lettre, from (etyl) letre, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew.
- The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and natural.
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- We must observe the letter of the law, without doing violence to the reason of the law and the intention of the lawgiver.
- I broke the letter of it to keep the sense.
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- Some MEPs from some countries may have pocketed £2m more than I have by observing the letter but not the spirit of the rules.
- Under these buildingswas the king's printing house, and that famous letter so much esteemed.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "letter")Synonyms
* bookstaveHyponyms
* epistle * missiveDerived terms
* accountant's letter * advisory letter * air letter * black letter * capital letter * chain letter * comfort letter * commercial letter of credit * cover letter * covering letter * crank letter * day letter * dead letter office * Dear John letter * deficiency letter * domincal letter * drop letter * encyclical letter * fan letter * form letter * four-letter/four-letter word * French letter * guarantee letter * investment letter * irrevocable letter of credit * letter blindness * letter bomb * letter bond * letter box * letter carrier * letter case * letter missive * letter of administration * letter of attorney * letter of comfort * letter of comment * letter of credence * letter of credit * letter of guarantee * letter of indemnity * letter of intent * Letter of Jeremiah * letter of marque * letter of motivation * letter of the law * letter opener * letter paper * letter perfect/letter-perfect * letter-quality * letter security * letter stock * letter telegram * letterform * letterhead * letterman * letterure * love letter * market letter * news letter/news-letter/newsletter * night letter * no-action letter * open letter * night letter * poison-pen letter * red letter * scarlet letter * sea letter * small letter * swash letter * to the letter * transmittal letter * varsity letterVerb
(en verb)Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- the letter of a room
- a blood-letter