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provide vs accost

accost vs provide

provide and accost both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
provide No No Yes No
accost No No Yes No
As verbs, accost is a hyponym of provide; that is, accost is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than provide:
  • provide: give something useful or necessary to
  • accost: approach with an offer of sexual favors
provide (verb) accost (verb)
take measures in preparation for approach with an offer of sexual favors
determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation speak to someone
give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
give something useful or necessary to
supply means of subsistence; earn a living
mount or put up
make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
Difference between provide and accost

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