bare vs propagate

propagate vs bare

bare is an adjective but propagate is not an adjective.

bare and propagate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bare	No	Yes	Yes	No
propagate	No	No	Yes	No

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

bare: make public
propagate: cause to become widely known

Other hyponyms of bare include hype, bulletin, bring out, issue, publish, put out, release, broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, spread, air, beam, broadcast, send, transmit.

bare (adjective)	propagate (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)	propagate (verb)
lay bare	multiply sexually or asexually
make public	cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
expose to view	cause to become widely known
	transmit
	transmit or cause to broaden or spread
	become distributed or widespread
	travel through the air
	transmit from one generation to the next

Difference between bare and propagate

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