The difference between Bare and Reveal
When used as nouns, bare means the surface, the (bare) skin, whereas reveal means the outer side of a window or door frame.
When used as verbs, bare means to uncover, whereas reveal means to uncover.
Bare is also adverb with the meaning: very.
Bare is also adjective with the meaning: minimal.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bare and Reveal
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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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Reveal as a noun:
The outer side of a window or door frame; the jamb.
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Reveal as a noun (cinematography, comedy):
A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden.
Examples:
"The comedian had been telling us about his sleep being disturbed by noise. Then came the reveal: he was sleeping on a bed in a department store."
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Reveal as a noun (chiefly, UK, Australia, NZ, obsolete in the US):
The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb.
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Reveal as a verb (transitive):
To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
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Reveal as a verb (transitive):
To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.
Compare words:
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
- reveal vs revel
- jamb vs reveal