The difference between Carry and Supply
When used as nouns, carry means a manner of transporting or lifting something, whereas supply means the act of supplying.
When used as verbs, carry means to lift (something) and take it to another place, whereas supply means to provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
Supply is also adverb with the meaning: supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.
check bellow for the other definitions of Carry and Supply
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Carry as a verb (transitive):
To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
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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"
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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."
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Carry as a verb (transitive, mostly, archaic):
To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
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Carry as a verb (transitive):
To stock or supply (something).
Examples:
"The corner drugstore doesn't carry his favorite brand of aspirin."
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Carry as a verb (transitive):
To adopt (something); take (something) over.
Examples:
"I think I can carry Smith's work while she is out."
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Carry as a verb (transitive):
To adopt or resolve upon, especially in a deliberative assembly
Examples:
"The court carries that motion."
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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."
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Carry as a verb (transitive):
To have or maintain (something).
Examples:
"Always carry sufficient insurance to protect against a loss."
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Carry as a verb (intransitive):
To be transmitted; to travel.
Examples:
"The sound of the bells carried for miles on the wind."
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Carry as a verb (slang, transitive):
To insult, to diss.
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Carry as a verb (transitive, nautical):
To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
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Carry as a verb (transitive, sports):
To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
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Carry as a verb (transitive):
To have on one's person.
Examples:
"she always carries a purse;  marsupials carry their young in a pouch"
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Carry as a verb:
To be pregnant (with).
Examples:
"The doctor said she's carrying twins."
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Carry as a verb:
To have propulsive power; to propel.
Examples:
"A gun or mortar carries well."
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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"
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Carry as a verb (hunting):
To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
Examples:
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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."
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Carry as a verb (obsolete):
To get possession of by force; to capture.
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Carry as a verb:
To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of; to show or exhibit; to imply.
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Carry as a verb (reflexive):
To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
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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."
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Carry as a verb (intransitive):
To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
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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."
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Carry as a noun:
A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
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Carry as a noun (computing):
The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
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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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Supply as a verb (transitive):
To furnish or equip with.
Examples:
"to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition"
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Supply as a verb (transitive):
To fill up, or keep full.
Examples:
"Rivers are supplied by smaller streams."
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Supply as a verb (transitive):
To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
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Supply as a verb (transitive):
To serve instead of; to take the place of.
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Supply as a verb (intransitive):
To act as a substitute.
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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"
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Supply as a noun (uncountable):
The act of supplying.
Examples:
"supply and demand"
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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]]"
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Supply as a noun (in the plural):
provisions.
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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"
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Supply as a noun:
Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
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Supply as an adverb:
Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.