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stand for vs abide

abide vs stand for

stand for and abide both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
stand for No No Yes No
abide No No Yes No
As verbs, abide is a hypernym of stand for; that is, abide is a word with a broader meaning than stand for:
  • stand for: tolerate or bear
  • abide: put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Other hypernyms of stand for include bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate.
stand for (verb) abide (verb)
tolerate or bear put up with something or somebody unpleasant
denote or connote dwell
express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
Difference between stand for and abide

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