bear vs bruin
bruin vs bearbear and bruin both are nouns.
bear is a verb but bruin is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bear | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| bruin | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
bruin is a hyponym of
bear; that is, bruin is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
bear:
- bear: massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
- bruin: large ferocious bear of Eurasia
Other hyponyms of bear include
bear cub, brown bear, Ursus arctos, American black bear, black bear, Euarctos americanus, Ursus americanus, Asiatic black bear, black bear, Selenarctos thibetanus, Ursus thibetanus, ice bear, polar bear, Thalarctos maritimus, Ursus Maritimus, Melursus ursinus, sloth bear, Ursus ursinus.
| bear (noun) | bruin (noun) |
|---|---|
| massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws | large ferocious bear of Eurasia |
| an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price | a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox' |
| bear (verb) | bruin (verb) |
|---|---|
| be pregnant with | |
| cause to be born | |
| have on one's person | |
| behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | |
| put up with something or somebody unpleasant | |
| move while holding up or supporting | |
| support or hold in a certain manner | |
| bring forth | |
| maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | |
| have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices | |
| bring in | |
| take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person | |
| have | |
| contain or hold; have within |
Words related to "bear"
- American black bear
- Asiatic black bear
- Euarctos americanus
- Melursus ursinus
- Selenarctos thibetanus
- Thalarctos maritimus
- Ursidae
- Ursus Maritimus
- Ursus americanus
- Ursus arctos
- Ursus thibetanus
- Ursus ursinus
- abide
- accept
- acquit
- act
- act as
- act involuntarily
- act reflexively
- allow
- assert
- assume
- backslap
- balance
- bear
- bear cub
- bear out
- bear up
- bearable
- bearer
- bearing
- behave
- bend over backwards
- birth
- black bear
- bluster
- break down
- bring forth
- bring in
- brook
- brown bear
- bruin
- bull
- bungle
- calve
- carnivore
- carry
- carry the can
- carry to term
- clear
- comport
- conceive
- conduct
- confine
- contain
- countenance
- create
- crop
- cub
- dally
- dawdle
- deal
- deliver
- deport
- digest
- displace
- dissemble
- do
- drop
- earn
- enclose
- endure
- entertain
- expect
- experience
- face the music
- fall over backwards
- family Ursidae
- farrow
- fawn
- feature
- feel
- fluster
- foal
- follow
- footle
- freeze
- frivol
- frogmarch
- fruit
- gain
- gestate
- give birth
- harbor
- harbour
- have
- have a bun in the oven
- have got
- have young
- hold
- hold in
- hold still for
- hugger mugger
- ice bear
- include
- investment
- investment funds
- investor
- jest
- joke
- kitten
- labor
- labour
- lamb
- let
- lie in
- litter
- live with
- loosen up
- lose it
- make
- make as if
- menace
- move
- net
- nurse
- optimise
- optimize
- overbear
- pay
- pay off
- permit
- piffle
- pig
- piggyback
- play
- poise
- polar bear
- pose
- posture
- presume
- pretend
- produce
- puff up
- pull in
- pup
- put forward
- put up
- quack
- rage
- ramp
- realise
- realize
- relax
- retain
- romanticize
- sauce
- seed
- sentimentalise
- sentimentalize
- sentimentise
- sentimentize
- sit out
- sling
- sloth bear
- snap
- spaz
- spin off
- stand
- stand for
- stick out
- stomach
- stooge
- stoop
- storm
- suffer
- support
- swagger
- swallow
- swash
- swell
- take
- take a joke
- take in
- take lying down
- take over
- thug
- tolerate
- toy
- transport
- trifle
- turn out
- twin
- vulgarise
- vulgarize
- walk around
- wanton
- wear
- whelp
- wildin'
- yield
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