The difference between Bear and Brook
When used as nouns, bear means a large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet, whereas brook means a body of running water smaller than a river.
When used as verbs, bear means to endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in, whereas brook means to use.
Bear is also adjective with the meaning: characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bear and Brook
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Bear as a noun:
A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of family Ursidae.
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Bear as a noun (figuratively):
A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
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Bear as a noun (finance):
An investor who sells commodities, securities or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
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Bear as a noun (slang, US):
A state policeman .
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Bear as a noun (slang):
A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
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Bear as a noun (engineering):
A portable punching machine.
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Bear as a noun (nautical):
A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
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Bear as a noun (cartomancy):
The fifteenth Lenormand card.
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Bear as a noun (colloquial, US):
Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
Examples:
"That window can be a bear to open."
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Bear as a verb (finance, transitive):
To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
Examples:
"to bear a railroad stock"
"to bear the market"
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Bear as an adjective (finance, investments):
Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.
Examples:
"The great bear market starting in 1929 scared a whole generation of investors."
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Bear as a verb (transitive):
To support or sustain; to hold up.
Examples:
"This stone bears most of the weight."
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Bear as a verb (transitive):
To carry something.
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Bear as a verb (transitive):
To be equipped with (something).
Examples:
"the right to bear arms"
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Bear as a verb (transitive):
To wear or display.
Examples:
"The shield bore a red cross."
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Bear as a verb (transitive, with ''[[witness]]''):
To declare as testimony.
Examples:
"The jury could see he was bearing false witness."
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Bear as a verb (ambitransitive):
To put up with something; to tolerate.
Examples:
"I would never move to Texas—I can't bear heat."
"Please bear with me as I try to find the book you need."
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Bear as a verb (transitive):
To give birth to someone or something .
Examples:
"In Troy she becomes Paris’ wife, bearing him several children, all of whom die in infancy."
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Bear as a verb (ambitransitive):
To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
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Bear as a verb (intransitive):
To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
Examples:
"Carry on past the church and then bear left at the junction."
"By my readings, we're bearing due south, so we should turn about ten degrees east."
"Great Falls bears north of Bozeman."
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Bear as a verb (intransitive):
To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
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Bear as a verb (intransitive):
To endure with patience; to be patient.
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Bear as a verb (intransitive, usually with ''on'', ''upon'', or ''against''):
To press.
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Bear as a verb (intransitive, military, usually with ''on'' or ''upon''):
Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target. To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.
Examples:
"to bring arguments to bear"
"How does this bear on the question?"
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Bear as a verb (transitive):
To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
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Bear as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To conduct; to bring (a person).
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Bear as a verb (transitive):
To possess and use (power, etc.); to exercise.
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Bear as a verb (transitive):
To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbour.
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Bear as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To gain or win.
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Bear as a verb (transitive):
To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
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Bear as a verb (transitive):
To carry on, or maintain; to have.
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Bear as a verb (transitive):
To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
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Bear as a verb (reflexive, transitive):
To behave or conduct (oneself).
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Bear as a verb (transitive):
To afford; to be (something) to; to supply with.
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Bear as a noun:
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Brook as a verb (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots):
To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
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Brook as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To earn; deserve.
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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."
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Brook as a noun:
A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
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Brook as a noun (Sussex, Kent):
A water meadow.
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Brook as a noun (Sussex, Kent, in the plural):
Low, marshy ground.