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provide vs wive

wive vs provide

provide and wive both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
provide No No Yes No
wive No No Yes No
As verbs, wive is a hyponym of provide; that is, wive is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than provide:
  • provide: give something useful or necessary to
  • wive: provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife
provide (verb) wive (verb)
take measures in preparation for provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife
determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation marry a woman, take a wife
give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance take (someone) as a wife
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 wive

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