Support vs Offer - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between support and offer

is that support is something which supports often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to while offer is a proposal that has been made or offer can be (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off .

As verbs the difference between support and offer

is that support is (senseid)to keep from falling while offer is (lb) to present (something) to god as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.

support

English

Noun

(en noun)

Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.

Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform.

Financial or other help.

The government provides support to the arts in several ways.

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Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.

Sure they sell the product, but do they provide support ?

(mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.

* 2004 , Amara Graps, An Introduction to Wavelets''] — [http://www.amara.com/IEEEwave/IW_history.html ''Historical Perspective

The first mention of wavelets appeared in an appendix to the thesis of A. Haar (1909). One property of the Haar wavelet is that it has compact support, which means that it vanishes outside of a finite interval. Unfortunately, Haar wavelets are not continuously differentiable which somewhat limits their applications.

(fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).

If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set.

Antonyms

* (mathematics) kernel

Derived terms

* moral support * combat support (military) * support group

Verb

(en verb)

(senseid)To keep from falling.

Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform.

To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.

Sure they sell the product, but do they support it?

To back a cause, party etc. mentally or with concrete aid.

I support France in the World Cup

To help, particularly financially.

The government supports the arts in several ways.

To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.

The testimony is not sufficient to support the charges.

The evidence will not support the statements or allegations.

* J. Edwards

to urge such arguments, as though they were sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy

To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.

The IT Department supports the research organization, but not the sales force.

I don't make decisions: I just support those who do.

To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.

I support the administrative activities of the executive branch of the organization

(archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.

* Dryden

This fierce demeanour and his insolence / The patience of a god could not support .

* 1881 , :

For a strong affection such moments are worth supporting , and they will end well; for your advocate is in your lover's heart and speaks her own language

To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

to support the character of King Lear

Antonyms

* oppose

Derived terms

* supportable * supported * supportive

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offer

English

(wikipedia offer)

Alternative forms

* offre (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) offer, from (etyl) . See verb below.

Noun

(en noun)

A proposal that has been made.

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Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.

(label) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.

Derived terms

* make an offer

Etymology 2

From (etyl) offren, offrien, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

(lb) To present (something) to God as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.

*Bible, (w) xxix. 36

*:Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement.

(lb) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.

*2009 , Roger Williams, Triumph Tr2, 3, 3a, 4 & 4a

*:The next stage is to remove and replace the top part of the right side lip, and offer the lid to the car to ensure all the shapes and gaps are okay.

(lb) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).

(lb) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.

(lb) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.

*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

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(lb) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.

(lb) To happen, to present itself.

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:The occasion offers , and the youth complies.

*1749 , (John Cleland), (w) , Penguin 1985, p.64:

*:The opportunity, however, did not offer till next morning, for Phoebe did not come to bed till long after I was gone to sleep.

(lb) To make an attempt; used with at .

*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

*:I will not offer at that I cannot master.

*(w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)

*:He would be offering at the shepherd's voice.

*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

*:without offering at any other remedy

(lb) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten.

Usage notes

* This is a catenative verb that takes the to -infinitive. See

Etymology 3

Noun

(en noun)

(used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off

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