Bare vs Spare - What's the difference?

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Bare is a related term of spare.

As a proper noun bare

is an extinct language of venezuela.

As an adjective spare is

scanty; not abundant or plentiful.

As a noun spare is

the act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

As a verb spare is

to show mercy.

bare

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

Adjective

(er)

Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.

a bare majority

* Addison

the bare necessaries of life

Naked, uncovered.

Don't show your bare backside in public.

Having no supplies.

a room bare of furniture

The cupboard was bare .

* 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/nyregion/new-jersey-continues-to-cope-with-hurricane-sandy.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):

Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare .

Having no decoration.

The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?

Having had what usually covers (something) removed.

The trees were left bare after the swarm of locusts devoured all the leaves.

(British, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.

It's bare money to get in the club each time, man.

With head uncovered; bareheaded.

* Herbert

When once thy foot enters the church, be bare .

Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.

* Milton

Bare in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear!

Threadbare; much worn.

* Shakespeare

It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words.

Synonyms

* (minimal) mere, minimal * (without a condom) * (naked) exposed, naked, nude, uncovered, undressed * (having no supplies) empty, unfurnished, unstocked, unsupplied * (having no decoration) empty, plain, unadorned, undecorated * (having had what usually covers (something) removed ): despoiled, stripped, uncovered

Antonyms

* (minimal) ample, plentiful, sufficient * (naked) covered, covered up, dressed, unexposed * (having no supplies) full, furnished, stocked, supplied, well-stocked * (having no decoration) adorned, decorated, ornate * covered

Derived terms

* ace bare * bareback * barebacked * bare boards * bareboat * barebone * bare bones * bare-breasted * bare-chested * barefaced * barefoot, barefooted * barehanded * bareheaded * bare-knuckle fight * bareland * barelegged * barely * bareness * bare patch * barish * in one's bare skin * king bare * lay bare * threadbare * with one's bare hands

Adverb

(British, slang) Very; significantly.

This porno's bare whack, bruv.

Barely.

Without a condom

Noun

(en noun)

the surface, the (bare) skin

* 1599 ,

In sad good earnest, sir, you have toucht the very bare of naked truth [...]

* 2002 , Darren Shan, Hunters of the dusk: 7 :

Vancha clasped the bare of my neck and squeezed amiably.

Surface; body; substance.

* Marston

You have touched the very bare of naked truth.

(architecture) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) (m).

Verb

(bar)

To uncover; to reveal.

She bared her teeth at him.

Synonyms

* (uncover) expose, lay bare, reveal, show, uncover

Antonyms

* (uncover) cover, cover up, hide

Derived terms

* bare one's breast * bare one's soul * bare one's teeth

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Verb

(head)

(obsolete) (bear)

* Bible, Josh. iii. 15

The feet of the priest that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water.

* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 5

And so I put thee on my shoulder and bare thee back, and here thou art in David's room, and shalt find board and bed with me as long as thou hast mind to

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spare

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) spare, spar, from (etyl) ‘thick’).

Adjective

(er)

scanty; not abundant or plentiful.

a spare diet

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sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.

* Carew

He was spare , but discreet of speech.

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Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.

I have no spare time.

* Spenser

if that no spare clothes he had to give

Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.

a spare''' anchor; a '''spare bed or room

lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.

* Shakespeare

O, give me the spare men, and spare me the great ones.

(obsolete, UK, dialect) slow

(Grose)

Derived terms

* go spare * spare part * spare time * spare tire * spare tyre * spare wheel

Noun

(en noun)

The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

* Holland

Killing for sacrifice, without any spare .

Parsimony; frugal use.

* Spenser

Poured out their plenty without spite or spare .

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.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) sparen, sparien, from (etyl) .

Verb

(spar)

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

He will not spare in the day of vengeance.

#* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)

Kill me, if you please, or spare me.

#* {{quote-news, date=21 August 2012, first=Ed, last=Pilkington, newspaper=The Guardian

, title= 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.}}

To keep.

# To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.

#* (rfdate) (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

I, who at some times spend, at others spare , / Divided between carelessness and care.

# To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give.

#* (rfdate) (John Milton)

[Thou] thy Father's dreadful thunder didst not spare .

#* (rfdate) Bible, Proverbs xvii. 27

He that hath knowledge, spareth his words.

# (transitive)} To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.

#* (rfdate) (Knolles)

All the time he could spare from the necessary cares of his weighty charge, he bestowed on serving of God.

(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)

Where angry Jove did never spare / One breath of kind and temperate air.

* (rfdate) (Shakespeare)

I could have better spared a better man.

* , chapter=22

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.

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