War vs Wore - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) Organized]], large-scale, armed conflict between [[country, countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually involving the engagement of military forces.
* 1917 , (Henry Ford), My Life and Work , Chapter 17:
* 2007 , Carlos Ramirez-Faria, Concise Encyclopaedia of World History :
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (countable) A particular conflict of this kind.
* 1865 , (Herman Melville), "The Surrender at Appomattox":
* 1999 , (Bill Clinton) at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C, November 8 1999:
(countable) By extension, any conflict, or anything resembling a conflict.
# (figuratively) A campaign against something.
# (business, countable) A bout of fierce competition in trade.
(obsolete, uncountable) Instruments of war.
* Prior
(obsolete) Armed forces.
* Milton
(uncountable) A particular card game for two players, notable for having its outcome predetermined by how the cards are dealt.
* 2004 , Karen Salyer McElmurray, Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven
To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe).
* (William Shakespeare), King Henry V , act 3, sc. 1:
* 1882 , (George Bernard Shaw), Cashel Byron's Profession , ch. 14:
To carry on, as a contest; to wage.
(wear)
To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
To defend; protect.
To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=5 To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
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, title= To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
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To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
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To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
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(lb) To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
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*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:His stock of money began to wear very low.
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*:The familywore out in the earlier part of the century.
To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary. His neverending criticism has finally worn' my patience. Toil and care soon '''wear''' the spirit. Our physical advantage allowed us to ' wear the other team out
(lb) To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
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(in the phrase "wearing on (someone) ") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
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To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Away, I say; time wears .
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Thus wore out night.
(lb) To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.
(uncountable) (in combination ) clothing
(uncountable) damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time
* 1895 , H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X
(uncountable) fashion
* Shakespeare
As verbs the difference between war and wore
is that war is to engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe) while wore is simple past of wear.As a noun war
is organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually involving the engagement of military forces.As a proper noun War
is the personification of war, often depicted in armor, and riding a red horse.war
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Alternative forms
* warre (obsolete)Noun
- Nobody can deny that war' is a profitable business for those who like that kind of money. ' War is an orgy of money, just as it is an orgy of blood.
- Germany declared war' on France, who reciprocated, on August 3 [1939], and England declared ' war on Germany on August 4, when Belgium was already under invasion.
Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
- All human tribes glad token see
- In the close of the wars of .
- A second challenge will be to implement, with our allies, a plan of stability in the Balkans, so that the region's bitter ethnic problems can no longer be exploited by dictators and Americans do not have to cross the Atlantic again to fight in another war .
- The "war on drugs" is a campaign against the use of narcotic drugs.
- The "war on terror" is a campaign against terrorist crime.
- In the US, conservatives rail against the "war on Christmas".
- I reaped the benefit of the car dealerships' price war , getting my car for far less than it's worth.
- The cellular phone companies were engaged in a freebie war , each offering various services thrown in when one purchased a plan.
- His complement of stores, and total war .
- On their embattled ranks the waves return, / And overwhelm their war .
- We played crazy eights, war , fifty-two card pickup. Rudy flipped the whole deck across the table at me and the cards sailed to the floor, kings, queens, deuces.
Antonyms
* peaceDerived terms
* all's fair in love and war * anti-war * civil war * cold war * conventional war * declaration of war * dynastic war * edit war * flame war * gas war * go to war * holy war * hot war * Hundred Years' War * inter-war * laws of war * man of war, man-of-war, man-o-war, man-o'-war * man-o'-war suit * nuclear war * perpetual war * pissing war * Portuguese man-of-war * post-war * pre-war * price war * prisoner of war, , PW * pro-war * proxy war * revert war * ship of war * spoils of war * state of war * theater of war, theatre of war * thumb war * total war * trade war * tug of war * turf war * undeclared war * war- * war between the sexes * war bond * war bonnet * war bride * War Cabinet * war chalk * war chest * war child * war crime * war criminal * war cry * war dance * war-dial * war-drive * warfare * war game, wargame * war groom * war hammer * warhead * war hound * warlord * war machine * warmonger * war of aggression * war of conquest * war of nerves * war of words * war paint, warpaint * war party * warpath * war reparations * war-ridden * warring * warrior * war room * war story * wartime * war to end all wars * war torn, war-torn * war veteran * war whoop * war widow * war zone * world war * World War One * World War TwoSee also
* battleVerb
(warr)- Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more . . .
- Be copy now to men of grosser blood,
- And teach them how to war .
- This vein of reflection, warring with his inner knowledge that he had been driven by fear and hatred . . ., produced an exhausting whirl in his thoughts.
- To war the Scot, and borders to defend. — Daniel.
- That thou mightest war a good warfare. — Tim. i. 18.
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* * English terms derived from French ----wore
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*wear
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) weren, werien, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (Scotland)Verb
- to wear the wolf from the sheep
Etymology 2
From (etyl) weren, werien, from (etyl) , (etyl) gwisgo, (etyl) waš- .Verb
citation, passage=‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
Derived terms
* outworn * wear away * wear down * wear off * wear out, worn out, worn-out * wear thin * wear something on one's sleeve, wear one's heart on one's sleeve * wear rose-colored glasses * wearable * wearer * worse for wearSee also
* (l) *Noun
(-)- footwear'''; outdoor '''wear'''; maternity '''wear
- Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing.
- Motley's the only wear .