The difference between Abide and Brook

When used as verbs, abide means to endure without yielding, whereas brook means to use.


Brook is also noun with the meaning: a body of running water smaller than a river.

check bellow for the other definitions of Abide and Brook

  1. Abide as a verb (transitive):

    To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.

    Examples:

    "The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly."

  2. Abide as a verb (transitive):

    To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.

  3. Abide as a verb (transitive):

    To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.

  4. Abide as a verb:

    Examples:

    "The new teacher was strict and the students did not want to abide by his rules."

  5. Abide as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To wait in expectation.

  6. Abide as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To pause; to delay.

  7. Abide as a verb (intransitive, archaic):

    To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.

  8. Abide as a verb (intransitive, archaic):

    To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn.

  9. Abide as a verb (intransitive, archaic):

    To endure; to remain; to last.

  10. Abide as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.

  11. Abide as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.

  12. Abide as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.

  1. Brook as a verb (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots):

    To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.

  2. Brook as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To earn; deserve.

  3. Brook as a verb (transitive):

    To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).

    Examples:

    "I will not brook any disobedience.   I will brook no refusal.   I will brook no impertinence."

  1. Brook as a noun:

    A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.

  2. Brook as a noun (Sussex, Kent):

    A water meadow.

  3. Brook as a noun (Sussex, Kent, in the plural):

    Low, marshy ground.