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Pare vs Nare - What's the difference?

pare | nare |

As a verb pare

is to seem, to look, to appear.

As a noun nare is

young spruce.

pare

English

Verb

(par)
  • to remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife
  • We pared the paired pears.
  • to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off
  • Albert had to pare his options down by disregarding anything beyond his meager budget.
  • to trim the hoof of a horse
  • Synonyms

    * to peel * to skin

    Derived terms

    * cheeseparing * parer * paring * paring knife * pare away * pare down * pare off

    Anagrams

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    nare

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • nostril found in the beak of a bird
  • (rare) nostril
  • *1663 , (Hudibras) , by Samuel Butler, part 1,
  • *:There is a Machiavelian plot, \ Tho' ev'ry nare olfact it not;
  • Anagrams

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