The difference between Bare and Naked

When used as adjectives, bare means minimal, whereas naked means not wearing any clothes.


Bare is also noun with the meaning: the surface, the (bare) skin.

Bare is also adverb with the meaning: very.

Bare is also verb with the meaning: to uncover.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bare and Naked

  1. Bare as an adjective:

    Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.

    Examples:

    "a bare majority"

  2. Bare as an adjective:

    Naked, uncovered.

    Examples:

    "I do wonder why keeping my little breasts bare can be lewd even as none tells my brother anything for being bare-chested."

  3. Bare as an adjective:

    Having no supplies.

    Examples:

    "a room bare of furniture"

    "The cupboard was bare."

  4. Bare as an adjective:

    Having no decoration.

    Examples:

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

  5. Bare as an adjective:

    Having had what usually covers (something) removed.

    Examples:

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

  6. Bare as an adjective (MLE, not comparable):

    A lot or lots of.

    Examples:

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

  7. Bare as an adjective:

    With head uncovered; bareheaded.

  8. Bare as an adjective:

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

  9. Bare as an adjective (figurative):

    Mere; without embellishment.

  10. Bare as an adjective:

    Threadbare, very worn.

  1. Bare as an adverb (British, slang):

    Very; significantly.

    Examples:

    "That pissed me off bare."

    "It's taking bare time."

  2. Bare as an adverb:

    Barely.

  3. Bare as an adverb:

    Without a condom.

  1. Bare as a noun (‘the bare’):

    The surface, the (bare) skin.

  2. Bare as a noun:

    Surface; body; substance.

  3. Bare as a noun (architecture):

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

  1. Bare as a verb (transitive):

    To uncover; to reveal.

    Examples:

    "She bared her teeth at him."

  1. Bare as a verb (obsolete):

  1. Naked as an adjective:

    Not wearing any clothes.

    Examples:

    "She was as naked as the day she was born."

  2. Naked as an adjective (obsolete):

    Lacking some clothing; clothed only in underwear.

  3. Naked as an adjective:

    Glib, without decoration, put bluntly.

    Examples:

    "This is the naked truth."

    "The naked facts lay there on the table, enclosed within the files."

  4. Naked as an adjective:

    Characterized by the nakedness of the people concerned or to whom the described noun is attributed.

  5. Naked as an adjective (obsolete):

    Unarmed.

  6. Naked as an adjective:

    Unaided, unaccompanied.

  7. Naked as an adjective (by extension):

    Unprotected, uncovered; without a condom.

    Examples:

    "The tendrils of the naked flame stretched into the skies."

    "I entered her naked and came in her too."

  8. Naked as an adjective (literary):

    Resourceless, poor, lacking means.

  9. Naked as an adjective (with “of”):

    Lacking or devoid of something.

  10. Naked as an adjective (obsolete):

    Blank, clean, empty.

  11. Naked as an adjective (of land, rocks, or plants):

    Barren, having no foliage, unvegetated.

  12. Naked as an adjective:

    Uncomfortable or vulnerable, as if missing something important.

    Examples:

    "I feel naked without my mobile phone."

  13. Naked as an adjective (of food or other consumer products):

    Without any additives, or without some component that would usually be included.

    Examples:

    "a naked burrito (i.e. one without a tortilla); a naked burger (without a bun)"

    "Naked Bacon (a brand without nitrates or phosphates)"

  14. Naked as an adjective (physics):

    Of a singularity, not hidden within an event horizon and thus observable from other parts of spacetime.

  1. Naked as a verb: