peel off vs pare

peel off and pare both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
peel off	No	No	Yes	No
pare	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, pare is a hypernym of peel off; that is, pare is a word with a broader meaning than peel off:

Other hypernyms of peel off include peel, skin.

peel off (verb)	pare (verb)
peel off in scales	decrease gradually or bit by bit
take off, as with some difficulty	remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
peel off the outer layer of something	cut small bits or pare shavings from
come off in flakes or thin small pieces	remove the skin from
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