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
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Bare as an adjective:
Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
Examples:
"a bare majority"
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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."
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Bare as an adjective:
Having no supplies.
Examples:
"a room bare of furniture"
"The cupboard was bare."
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Bare as an adjective:
Having no decoration.
Examples:
"The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?"
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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."
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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."
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Bare as an adjective:
With head uncovered; bareheaded.
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Bare as an adjective:
Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
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Bare as an adjective (figurative):
Mere; without embellishment.
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Bare as an adjective:
Threadbare, very worn.
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Bare as an adverb (British, slang):
Very; significantly.
Examples:
"That pissed me off bare."
"It's taking bare time."
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Bare as an adverb:
Barely.
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Bare as an adverb:
Without a condom.
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Bare as a noun (‘the bare’):
The surface, the (bare) skin.
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Bare as a noun:
Surface; body; substance.
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Bare as a noun (architecture):
That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
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Bare as a verb (transitive):
To uncover; to reveal.
Examples:
"She bared her teeth at him."
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Bare as a verb (obsolete):
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Naked as an adjective:
Not wearing any clothes.
Examples:
"She was as naked as the day she was born."
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Naked as an adjective (obsolete):
Lacking some clothing; clothed only in underwear.
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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."
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Naked as an adjective:
Characterized by the nakedness of the people concerned or to whom the described noun is attributed.
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Naked as an adjective (obsolete):
Unarmed.
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Naked as an adjective:
Unaided, unaccompanied.
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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."
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Naked as an adjective (literary):
Resourceless, poor, lacking means.
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Naked as an adjective (with “of”):
Lacking or devoid of something.
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Naked as an adjective (obsolete):
Blank, clean, empty.
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Naked as an adjective (of land, rocks, or plants):
Barren, having no foliage, unvegetated.
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Naked as an adjective:
Uncomfortable or vulnerable, as if missing something important.
Examples:
"I feel naked without my mobile phone."
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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)"
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Naked as an adjective (physics):
Of a singularity, not hidden within an event horizon and thus observable from other parts of spacetime.
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Naked as a verb:
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Compare with synonyms and related words:
- bare vs mere
- bare vs minimal
- ample vs bare
- bare vs plentiful
- bare vs sufficient
- bare vs exposed
- bare vs naked
- bare vs nude
- bare vs uncovered
- bare vs undressed
- bare vs covered
- bare vs dressed
- bare vs unexposed
- bare vs empty
- bare vs unfurnished
- bare vs unstocked
- bare vs unsupplied
- bare vs full
- bare vs furnished
- bare vs stocked
- bare vs supply
- bare vs empty
- bare vs plain
- bare vs unadorned
- bare vs undecorated
- adorned vs bare
- bare vs decorated
- bare vs ornate
- bare vs despoiled
- bare vs stripped
- bare vs uncovered
- bare vs covered
- bare vs expose
- bare vs lay bare
- bare vs reveal
- bare vs show
- bare vs uncover
- bare vs cover
- bare vs cover up
- bare vs hide