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provide vs set up

set up vs provide

provide and set up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
provide No No Yes No
set up No No Yes No
As verbs, set up is a hypernym of provide; that is, set up is a word with a broader meaning than provide:
  • provide: take measures in preparation for
  • set up: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
Other hypernyms of provide include fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set.
provide (verb) set up (verb)
take measures in preparation for get ready for a particular purpose or event
determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance equip with sails or masts
give something useful or necessary to arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
supply means of subsistence; earn a living put into a proper or systematic order
mount or put up erect and fasten
make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain set up for use
place
create by putting components or members together
construct, build, or erect
begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
produce
take or catch as if in a snare or trap
arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
set up or found
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