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provide vs furnish

furnish vs provide

provide and furnish both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
provide No No Yes No
furnish No No Yes No
As verbs, provide and furnish are synonyms defined as:
  • provide and furnish: give something useful or necessary to
Other synonyms of provide include offer, render, supply.
As verbs, furnish is a hyponym of provide; that is, furnish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than provide:
  • provide: give something useful or necessary to
  • furnish: provide or equip with furniture
provide (verb) furnish (verb)
take measures in preparation for give something useful or necessary to
determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation provide or equip with furniture
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 furnish

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