bid vs offer

bid and offer both are nouns.

bid and offer both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bid	Yes	No	Yes	No
offer	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, offer is a hypernym of bid; that is, offer is a word with a broader meaning than bid:

bid: a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
offer: something offered (as a proposal or bid)

Other hypernyms of bid include offering.

As verbs, bid and offer are synonyms defined as:

bid and offer: propose a payment

Other synonyms of bid include tender.

bid (noun)	offer (noun)
an attempt to get something	a usually brief attempt
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price	something offered (as a proposal or bid)
(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make	the verbal act of offering
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

bid (verb)	offer (verb)
ask someone in a friendly way to do something	put forward for consideration
invoke upon	threaten to do something
ask for or request earnestly	ask (someone) to marry you
propose a payment	produce or introduce on the stage
make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands	present for acceptance or rejection
make a serious effort to attain something	propose a payment
	give something useful or necessary to
	make available for sale
	offer verbally
	make available; provide
	agree freely
	mount or put up
	present as an act of worship

Difference between bid and offer

Words related to "offer"

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