The difference between Carry and Have

When used as nouns, carry means a manner of transporting or lifting something, whereas have means a wealthy or privileged person.

When used as verbs, carry means to lift (something) and take it to another place, whereas have means to possess, own, hold.


check bellow for the other definitions of Carry and Have

  1. Carry as a verb (transitive):

    To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.

  2. Carry as a verb:

    To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.

    Examples:

    "to carry the war from Greece into Asia"

    "to carry an account to the ledger"

  3. Carry as a verb:

    To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.

    Examples:

    "The builders are going to carry the chimney through nowrap the roof.  They would have carried the road ten miles further, but ran nowrap out of materials."

  4. Carry as a verb (transitive, mostly, archaic):

    To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.

  5. Carry as a verb (transitive):

    To stock or supply (something).

    Examples:

    "The corner drugstore doesn't carry his favorite brand of aspirin."

  6. Carry as a verb (transitive):

    To adopt (something); take (something) over.

    Examples:

    "I think I can carry Smith's work while she is out."

  7. Carry as a verb (transitive):

    To adopt or resolve upon, especially in a deliberative assembly

    Examples:

    "The court carries that motion."

  8. Carry as a verb (transitive, arithmetic):

    In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.

    Examples:

    "Five and nine are fourteen; carry the one to the tens place."

  9. Carry as a verb (transitive):

    To have or maintain (something).

    Examples:

    "Always carry sufficient insurance to protect against a loss."

  10. Carry as a verb (intransitive):

    To be transmitted; to travel.

    Examples:

    "The sound of the bells carried for miles on the wind."

  11. Carry as a verb (slang, transitive):

    To insult, to diss.

  12. Carry as a verb (transitive, nautical):

    To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.

  13. Carry as a verb (transitive, sports):

    To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.

  14. Carry as a verb (transitive):

    To have on one's person.

    Examples:

    "she always carries a purse;  marsupials carry their young in a pouch"

  15. Carry as a verb:

    To be pregnant (with).

    Examples:

    "The doctor said she's carrying twins."

  16. Carry as a verb:

    To have propulsive power; to propel.

    Examples:

    "A gun or mortar carries well."

  17. Carry as a verb:

    To hold the head; said of a horse.

    Examples:

    "to carry well, i.e. to hold the head high, with arching neck"

  18. Carry as a verb (hunting):

    To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Johnson"

  19. Carry as a verb:

    To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win.

    Examples:

    "The Tories carried the election."

  20. Carry as a verb (obsolete):

    To get possession of by force; to capture.

  21. Carry as a verb:

    To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of; to show or exhibit; to imply.

  22. Carry as a verb (reflexive):

    To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.

  23. Carry as a verb:

    To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.

    Examples:

    "A merchant is carrying a large stock;  nowrap a farm carries nowrap a mortgage;  nowrap a broker carries stock for nowrap a customer;  nowrap to carry a life insurance."

  24. Carry as a verb (intransitive):

    To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.

  1. Carry as a noun:

    A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.

    Examples:

    "Adjust your carry from time to time so that you don't tire too quickly."

  2. Carry as a noun:

    A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.

  3. Carry as a noun (computing):

    The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.

  1. Have as a verb (transitive):

    To possess, own, hold.

    Examples:

    "I have a house and a car."

    "Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street!"

  2. Have as a verb (transitive):

    To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).

    Examples:

    "I have two sisters."

    "I have a lot of work to do."

  3. Have as a verb (transitive):

    To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.

    Examples:

    "I have breakfast at six o'clock."

    "Can I have a look at that?"

    "I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now."

  4. Have as a verb (transitive):

    To be scheduled to attend or participate in.

    Examples:

    "What class do you have right now? I have English."

    "Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day."

  5. Have as a verb (auxiliary verb, taking a [[past participle]]):

    Examples:

    "I have already eaten today."

    "I had already eaten."

  6. Have as a verb (auxiliary verb, taking a [[w:Infinitive, to-infinitive]]):

    See have to.

    Examples:

    "I have to go."

  7. Have as a verb (transitive):

    To give birth to.

    Examples:

    "The couple always wanted to have children."

    "My wife is having the baby right now!"

    "My mother had me when she was 25."

  8. Have as a verb (transitive):

    To engage in sexual intercourse with.

    Examples:

    "He's always bragging about how many women he's had."

  9. Have as a verb (transitive):

    To accept as a romantic partner.

    Examples:

    "Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me."

  10. Have as a verb:

    To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.

    Examples:

    "They had me feed their dog while they were out of town."

  11. Have as a verb:

    To cause to be.

    Examples:

    "He had him arrested for trespassing."

    "The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears."

  12. Have as a verb:

    To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)

    Examples:

    "The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week."

    "I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice."

  13. Have as a verb:

    To depict as being.

    Examples:

    "Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening."

  14. Have as a verb:

    Examples:

    "We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we?"

    "Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she?"

    "lb UK usage ''He has some money, hasn't he?"

  15. Have as a verb (British, slang):

    To defeat in a fight; take.

    Examples:

    "I could have him!"

    "I'm gonna have you!"

  16. Have as a verb (dated):

    To be able to speak a language.

    Examples:

    "I have no German''."

  17. Have as a verb:

    To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.

    Examples:

    "Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before."

  18. Have as a verb:

    To be afflicted with, suffer from.

    Examples:

    "He had a cold last week."

  19. Have as a verb:

    To experience, go through, undergo.

    Examples:

    "We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that."

    "He had surgery on his hip yesterday."

    "I'm having the time of my life!"

  20. Have as a verb:

    To trick, to deceive.

    Examples:

    "You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke."

  21. Have as a verb (transitive, often with present participle):

    To allow; to tolerate.

    Examples:

    "The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it."

    "I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night."

  22. Have as a verb (transitive, often used in the negative):

    To believe, buy, be taken in by.

    Examples:

    "I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it."

  23. Have as a verb (transitive):

    To host someone; to take in as a guest.

    Examples:

    "Thank you for having me!"

  24. Have as a verb (transitive):

    To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.

    Examples:

    "What do you have for problem two?"

    "I have two contacts on my scope."

  25. Have as a verb (transitive, of a jury):

    To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.

    Examples:

    "We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon."

  1. Have as a noun:

    A wealthy or privileged person.

  2. Have as a noun (uncommon):

    One who has some (contextually specified) thing.

  1. Have as a noun (AU, NZ, informal):

    A fraud or deception; something misleading.

    Examples:

    "They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have."