forbear vs spare
spare vs forbearforbear and spare both are nouns.
forbear is not an adjective while spare is an adjective.
forbear and spare both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| forbear | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| spare | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
As verbs,
spare is a hyponym of
forbear; that is, spare is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
forbear:
- forbear: resist doing something
- spare: refrain from harming
Other hyponyms of forbear include
leave, leave alone, leave behind, let alone, let it go, abstain, save, forbear, hold back, help, help oneself, stand by, sit out.
| forbear (noun) | spare (noun) |
|---|---|
| a person from whom you are descended | a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls |
| an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle | |
| an extra component of a machine or other apparatus |
| forbear (adjective) | spare (adjective) |
|---|---|
| lacking in magnitude or quantity | |
| thin and fit | |
| lacking embellishment or ornamentation | |
| not taken up by scheduled activities | |
| more than is needed, desired, or required | |
| kept in reserve especially for emergency use |
| forbear (verb) | spare (verb) |
|---|---|
| resist doing something | use frugally or carefully |
| refrain from doing | give up what is not strictly needed |
| refrain from harming | |
| save or relieve from an experience or action |
Words related to "forbear"
Words related to "spare"
- bare
- car wheel
- component
- constituent
- consume
- deplete
- dispense with
- eat
- eat up
- element
- excess
- exempt
- exhaust
- expend
- extra
- favor
- favour
- fifth wheel
- forbear
- free
- give
- give up
- lean
- meager
- meagerly
- meagre
- part with
- plain
- redundant
- refrain
- relieve
- run through
- save
- scanty
- score
- scrimpy
- spare part
- spareness
- sparer
- stingy
- supererogatory
- superfluous
- supernumerary
- surplus
- thin
- trim
- unadorned
- undecorated
- unembellished
- unnecessary
- unneeded
- unoccupied
- unornamented
- use
- use up
- wipe out
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