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provide vs cloy

cloy vs provide

provide and cloy both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
provide No No Yes No
cloy No No Yes No
As verbs, cloy is a hyponym of provide; that is, cloy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than provide:
  • provide: give something useful or necessary to
  • cloy: supply or feed to surfeit
provide (verb) cloy (verb)
take measures in preparation for cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation supply or feed to surfeit
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 cloy

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