Spare vs Dedicate - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between spare and dedicate

is that spare is (to give up) To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with while dedicate is to show to the public for the first time.

As adjectives the difference between spare and dedicate

is that spare is scanty; not abundant or plentiful while dedicate is dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

As verbs the difference between spare and dedicate

is that spare is to show mercy while dedicate is to set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.

As a noun spare

is the act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

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.

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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.

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dedicate

English

Verb

(dedicat)

To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.

To set apart for a special use

dedicated their money to scientific research.

To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action

dedicated ourselves to starting our own business. See Synonyms at devote.

To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.

To open (a building, for example) to public use.

To show to the public for the first time

dedicate a monument.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

* Shakespeare

Dedicate to nothing temporal.

* (George Henry Calvert)

His life is dedicate to worthiness.

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