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provide vs procure

procure vs provide

provide and procure both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
provide No No Yes No
procure No No Yes No
As verbs, procure is a hyponym of provide; that is, procure is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than provide:
  • provide: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
  • procure: arrange for sexual partners for others
provide (verb) procure (verb)
take measures in preparation for arrange for sexual partners for others
determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation get by special effort
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 procure

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