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bare vs circulate

circulate vs bare

bare is an adjective but circulate is not an adjective.

bare and circulate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bare No Yes Yes No
circulate No No Yes No
As verbs, circulate is a hyponym of bare; that is, circulate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bare:
  • bare: make public
  • circulate: cause to become widely known
bare (adjective) circulate (adjective)
lacking its natural or customary covering
not having a protective covering
having everything extraneous removed including contents
providing no shelter or sustenance
lacking in magnitude or quantity
just barely adequate or within a lower limit
apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
lacking embellishment or ornamentation
having no clothes on the body
lacking a surface finish such as paint
bare (verb) circulate (verb)
lay bare cause to become widely known
make public become widely known and passed on
expose to view move around freely from person to person or from place to place
move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
cause to be distributed
cause to move in a circuit or system
Difference between bare and circulate

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