bare vs pass around

bare is an adjective but pass around is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bare	No	Yes	Yes	No
pass around	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, pass around is a hyponym of bare; that is, pass around is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bare:

bare (adjective)	pass around (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