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Profer vs Provide - What's the difference?

profer | provide |

As verbs the difference between profer and provide

is that profer is to utter; to pronounce while provide is to make a living; earn money for necessities.

profer

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Verb

(proferr)
  • To utter; to pronounce.
  • To deliver.

    • See also

    * proffer

    References

    * "profer." Dictionary.com * Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper, Historian. 02 Oct. 2008. * * ----

    provide

    English

    Verb

    (provid)
  • To make a living; earn money for necessities.
    • It is difficult to provide for my family working on minimum wage.
  • To act to prepare for something.
  • To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
    • The contract provides that the work be well done.
    I'll lend you the money, provided that you pay it back by Monday.
  • To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
    • Don't bother bringing equipment, as we will provide it.
    We aim to provide the local community with more green spaces.
  • To furnish (with), cause to be present.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • Rome was well provided with corn.
  • To make possible or attainable.
    • He provides us with an alternative option.
  • * Milton
    • Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit / As the kind, hospitable woods provide .
  • (obsolete, Latinism) To foresee.
    • (Ben Jonson)
  • To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor .
    • (Prescott)

    Derived terms

    * provider

    Related terms

    * provision

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