Pare vs Plunder - What's the difference?

Pare is a related term of plunder.

is that pare is to seem, to look, to appear while plunder is .

(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

* to peel * to skin

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

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(en verb)

To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.

''The mercenaries plundered the small town.

The shopkeeper was plundered of his possessions by the burglar.

To take (goods) by pillage.

The mercenaries plundered all the goods they found.

To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.

''"Now to plunder , mateys!" screamed a buccaneer, to cries of "Arrgh!" and "Aye!" all around.

To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.

''The miners plundered the jungle for its diamonds till it became a muddy waste.

* 2014 , , " Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian , 18 October 2014:

The Serb teed up Steve Davis, who crossed low for Graziano Pellè to plunder his fifth league goal of the campaign.

* plunderable * plunderage * plunderer * plunderous

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An instance of plundering

The loot attained by plundering

''The Hessian kept his choicest plunder in a sack that never left his person, for fear that his comrades would steal it.

(slang, dated) baggage; luggage