The difference between Gear and Substance
When used as nouns, gear means equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor, whereas substance means physical matter.
When used as verbs, gear means to provide with gearing, whereas substance means to give substance to.
Gear is also adjective with the meaning: great or fantastic.
check bellow for the other definitions of Gear and Substance
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Gear as a noun (uncountable):
Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
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Gear as a noun:
Clothing; garments.
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Gear as a noun (obsolete):
Goods; property; household items.
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Gear as a noun (countable):
A wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other; a gear wheel.
Examples:
"synonyms: cog cogwheegearwheel"
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Gear as a noun (countable, automotive, cycling):
A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
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Gear as a noun (countable, automotive):
A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
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Gear as a noun (slang):
Recreational drugs, including steroids.
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Gear as a noun (uncountable, archaic):
Stuff.
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Gear as a noun (obsolete):
Business matters; affairs; concern.
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Gear as a noun (obsolete, UK, dialect):
Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.
Examples:
"rfquotek Wright"
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Gear as a verb (engineering, transitive):
To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
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Gear as a verb (engineering, intransitive):
To be in, or come into, gear.
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Gear as a verb:
To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
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Gear as a verb (usually with ''to'' or ''toward(s)''):
To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
Examples:
"This shop is not really geared towards people of our age."
"They have geared the hotel mainly at tourists."
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Gear as a verb (finance):
To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
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Gear as an adjective (mostly, Scouse):
great or fantastic
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Substance as a noun:
Physical matter; material.
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Substance as a noun:
The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
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Substance as a noun:
Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
Examples:
"Some textile fabrics have little substance."
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Substance as a noun:
Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
Examples:
"a man of substance'"
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Substance as a noun:
A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
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Substance as a noun:
Drugs
Examples:
"'substance abuse"
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Substance as a noun (theology):
Hypostasis.
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Substance as a verb (rare, transitive):
To give substance to; to make real or substantial.