The difference between Bare and Supply

When used as nouns, bare means the surface, the (bare) skin, whereas supply means the act of supplying.

When used as adverbs, bare means very, whereas supply means supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.

When used as verbs, bare means to uncover, whereas supply means to provide (something), to make (something) available for use.


Bare is also adjective with the meaning: minimal.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bare and Supply

  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. Supply as a verb (transitive):

    To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.

    Examples:

    "to supply money for the war"

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  2. Supply as a verb (transitive):

    To furnish or equip with.

    Examples:

    "to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition"

  3. Supply as a verb (transitive):

    To fill up, or keep full.

    Examples:

    "Rivers are supplied by smaller streams."

  4. Supply as a verb (transitive):

    To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.

  5. Supply as a verb (transitive):

    To serve instead of; to take the place of.

  6. Supply as a verb (intransitive):

    To act as a substitute.

  7. Supply as a verb (transitive):

    To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.

    Examples:

    "to supply a pulpit"

  1. Supply as a noun (uncountable):

    The act of supplying.

    Examples:

    "supply and demand"

  2. Supply as a noun (countable):

    An amount of something supplied.

    Examples:

    "A supply of good drinking water is essential."

    "She said, “China has always had a freshwater supply problem with 20 percent of the world’s population but only 7 percent of its freshwater.'' [[File:She said, “China has always had a freshwater supply problem.ogg]]"

  3. Supply as a noun (in the plural):

    provisions.

  4. Supply as a noun (mostly, in the plural):

    An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.

    Examples:

    "to vote supplies"

  5. Supply as a noun:

    Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.

  1. Supply as an adverb:

    Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.