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provide vs afford

afford vs provide

provide and afford both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
provide No No Yes No
afford No No Yes No
As verbs, afford is a hyponym of provide; that is, afford is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than provide:
  • provide: give something useful or necessary to
  • afford: be the cause or source of
Other hyponyms of provide include hydrate, charge, date, accost, hook, solicit, feed, calk, fund, scant, skimp, stint, terrace, terrasse, dado, innervate, signalise, signalize, extend, offer, stock, buy in, stock, stock up, caption, tube, ticket, stock, stock, rim, fret, step, rail, grate, capitalise, capitalize, alphabetize, wharf, air-condition, air-cool, uniform, railroad, partner, bewhisker, whisker, subtitle, headline, match, hobnail, wive, victual, cloy, surfeit, heat, seat, seat, ramp, arm, interleave, glass, glaze, crenel, crenelate, crenellate, causeway, canal, canalise, canalize, bush, brattice, furnish, slat, berth, bed, computerise, computerize, costume, bottom, rafter, tool, key, fuel, provision, purvey, give, yield, equip, fit, fit out, outfit, transistorise, transistorize, upholster, cleat, coal, corbel, cornice, constitutionalize, copper-bottom, curtain, gate, index, articulate, joint, pour, pump, fire, fuel, flood, glut, oversupply, toggle, patch, water, leverage, tap, top, top out, reflectorise, reflectorize, retrofit, border, edge, machicolate, sanitate, hat, theme, kern, headquarter, shelter.
As verbs, afford is a hypernym of provide; that is, afford is a word with a broader meaning than provide:
  • provide: make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
  • afford: be the cause or source of
Other hypernyms of provide include give, yield.
provide (verb) afford (verb)
take measures in preparation for be able to spare or give up
determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation be the cause or source of
give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance afford access to
give something useful or necessary to have the financial means to do something or buy something
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
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