bare vs plain
plain vs barebare is not a noun while plain is a noun.
bare and plain both are adjectives.
bare and plain both are verbs.
bare is not an adverb while plain is an adverb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bare | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| plain | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
As adjectives,
bare and plain
are synonyms defined as:
- bare and plain: lacking embellishment or ornamentation
| bare (noun) | plain (noun) |
|---|---|
| a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side | |
| extensive tract of level open land |
| bare (adjective) | plain (adjective) |
|---|---|
| lacking its natural or customary covering | not elaborate or elaborated; simple |
| not having a protective covering | lacking patterns especially in color |
| having everything extraneous removed including contents | free from any effort to soften to disguise |
| providing no shelter or sustenance | clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment |
| lacking in magnitude or quantity | not mixed with extraneous elements |
| just barely adequate or within a lower limit | lacking embellishment or ornamentation |
| apart from anything else; without additions or modifications | lacking in physical beauty or proportion |
| lacking embellishment or ornamentation | |
| having no clothes on the body | |
| lacking a surface finish such as paint |
| bare (verb) | plain (verb) |
|---|---|
| lay bare | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness |
| make public | |
| expose to view |
| bare (adverb) | plain (adverb) |
|---|---|
| unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') |
Words related to "bare"
- air
- au naturel
- bald
- bareness
- barren
- beam
- bleak
- bring out
- broadcast
- bulletin
- burn off
- circularise
- circularize
- circulate
- clear
- covered
- defoliate
- denudate
- denude
- denuded
- desolate
- diffuse
- disperse
- disseminate
- distribute
- empty
- expose
- hype
- inhospitable
- issue
- marginal
- meager
- meagerly
- meagre
- mere
- naked
- narrow
- nude
- pass around
- plain
- propagate
- publicise
- publicize
- publish
- put out
- release
- scanty
- scrimpy
- send
- simple
- spare
- spread
- stark
- stingy
- strip
- stripped
- tell
- transmit
- unadorned
- unclothed
- uncover
- undecorated
- undraped
- unembellished
- unfinished
- unornamented
- unpainted
- unroofed
- unsheathed
Words related to "plain"
- Nullarbor Plain
- Olympia
- Serengeti
- Serengeti Plain
- apparent
- apparently
- austere
- backbite
- bare
- beef
- bellyache
- bemoan
- bewail
- bitch
- bleat
- champaign
- chaste
- colloquialism
- complain
- crab
- croak
- deplore
- depreciation
- derogation
- direct
- disparagement
- dry
- dry land
- earth
- evident
- evidently
- fancy
- featureless
- field
- flat
- flood plain
- floodplain
- gnarl
- gripe
- grizzle
- grouch
- ground
- grouse
- grumble
- hen-peck
- holler
- homely
- inelaborate
- inveigh
- kick
- knit
- knit stitch
- knitting stitch
- kvetch
- lament
- land
- literal
- llano
- manifest
- manifestly
- mere
- moor
- moorland
- murmur
- mutter
- nag
- obvious
- obviously
- palpable
- patent
- patently
- patterned
- peck
- peneplain
- peneplane
- plain stitch
- plainly
- plainness
- protest
- pure
- quetch
- rail
- repine
- report
- scold
- severe
- sheer
- simple
- snowfield
- solid ground
- solid-colored
- solid-coloured
- sound off
- spare
- squawk
- stark
- steppe
- stern
- tailored
- terra firma
- trim
- tundra
- unadorned
- unattractive
- undecorated
- unelaborate
- unembellished
- unmingled
- unmistakable
- unmixed
- unornamented
- unpatterned
- unpretentious
- unrhetorical
- unvarnished
- vanilla
- whine
- yammer
- yawp
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