Bear vs. Wear — What's the Difference?

Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans.

Wear is the damaging, gradual removal or deformation of material at solid surfaces. Causes of wear can be mechanical (e.g., erosion) or chemical (e.g., corrosion).

To carry (something) on one's person from one place to another

To carry or have on one's person as covering, adornment, or protection

To move from one place to another while containing or supporting (something); convey or transport

To carry or have habitually on one's person, especially as an aid

To cause to move by or with steady pressure; push

To display in one's appearance

To carry or hold in the mind over time; harbor

To bear, carry, or maintain in a particular manner

To have as a visible characteristic or attribute

To fly or display (colors). Used of a ship, jockey, or knight.

To conduct (oneself) in a specified way

To damage, diminish, erode, or consume by long or hard use, attrition, or exposure. Often used with away, down, or off

To hold up; support

To produce by constant use, attrition, or exposure

To be accountable for; assume

To bring to a specified condition by long use or attrition

To have a tolerance for; endure

To fatigue, weary, or exhaust

To have grounds for; call for; warrant

(Nautical) To make (a sailing ship) come about with the wind aft.

To give birth to

To last under continual or hard use

To produce; yield

To last through the passage of time

To offer; render

To break down or diminish through use or attrition

To yield fruit; produce

To pass gradually or tediously

To have relevance or influence; apply

(Nautical) To come about with stern to windward.

To endure something with tolerance or patience

The act of wearing or the state of being worn; use

To extend or proceed in a specified direction

Clothing, especially of a particular kind or for a particular use. Often used in combination

To be directed or aimed in a certain direction or at a target

Damage resulting from use or age

Any of various usually omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae that have a shaggy coat and a short tail and walk with the entire lower surface of the foot touching the ground.

The ability to withstand impairment from use or attrition

Any of various other animals, such as the koala, that resemble a true bear.

To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.

A large, clumsy, or ill-mannered person.

To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.

One, such as an investor, that sells securities or commodities in expectation of falling prices.

To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.

A pessimist, especially regarding business conditions.

To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.

(Slang) Something that is difficult or unpleasant

To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.

(Slang) A highway patrol officer.

To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.

(Slang) A hairy, stocky gay man.

To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.

Characterized by falling prices

(intransitive) To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.

A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.

(in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.

The meat of this animal.

To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.

(figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.

(nautical) To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.

(finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.

To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.

A state policeman short for Smokey Bear.

To defend; protect.

(gay slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.

To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.

(engineering) A portable punching machine.

To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.

(nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.

(uncountable) (in combination) clothing

(cartomancy) The fifteenth Lenormand card.

(uncountable) damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time

Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.

(uncountable) fashion

(obsolete) A pillowcase; a fabric case or covering as for a pillow.

Same as Weir.

To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.

The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment.

To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion.

To carry upon one's person, especially visibly; to be equipped with.

The result of wearing or use; consumption, diminution, or impairment due to use, friction, or the like; as, the wear of this coat has been good.

To wear. en

To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer.

To carry (offspring in the womb), to be pregnant (with).

To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle.

(transitive) To have or display (a mark or other feature).

To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance.

(transitive) To display (a particular heraldic device) on a shield or coat of arms; to be entitled to wear or use (a heraldic device) as a coat of arms.

To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes rapidly.

(transitive) To present or exhibit (a particular outward appearance); to have (a certain look).

To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend.

(transitive) To have (a name, title, or designation).

To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole.

(transitive) To possess or enjoy (recognition, renown, a reputation, etc.); to have (a particular price, value, or worth).

To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.

To have (interest or a specified rate of interest) stipulated in its terms.

To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; - hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance.

To have (an appendage, organ, etc.) as part of the body; (of a part of the body) to have (an appendage).

To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extinction by use or time; to decay, or be spent, gradually.

(transitive) To carry or hold in the mind; to experience, entertain, harbour (an idea, feeling, or emotion).

Impairment resulting from long use;

To feel and show (respect, reverence, loyalty, etc.) to, towards, or unto a person or thing.

A covering designed to be worn on a person's body

(transitive) To possess inherently (a quality, attribute, power, or capacity); to have and display as an essential characteristic.

The act of having on your person as a covering or adornment;

To have (a relation, correspondence, etc.) to something else.

Be dressed in;

(transitive) To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.

Have on one's person;

(transitive) To have (a certain meaning, intent, or effect).

Have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality;

To behave or conduct (oneself).

Deteriorate through use or stress;

To possess and use, to exercise (power or influence); to hold (an office, rank, or position).

Have or show an appearance of;

To carry a burden or burdens.

Last and be usable;

To take or bring (a person) with oneself; to conduct.

Go to pieces;

To support, sustain, or endure.

Exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;

(transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.

Put clothing on one's body;

To endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with).

(transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).

(transitive) To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.

(transitive) To warrant, justify the need for.

To support, keep up, or maintain.

(transitive) To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something. en

(transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have. en

To press or impinge upon.

To push, thrust, press.

To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.

Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.

To produce, yield, give birth to.

To give birth to (someone or something) may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object.

To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.

To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).

To gain or win.

Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.

To support or sustain; to hold up.

To support and remove or carry; to convey.

To conduct; to bring; - said of persons.

To possess and use, as power; to exercise.

To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.

To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.

To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor

To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.

To gain or win.

To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc.

To render or give; to bring forward.

To carry on, or maintain; to have.

To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.

To manage, wield, or direct.

To afford; to be to; to supply with.

To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest.

To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.

To suffer, as in carrying a burden.

To endure with patience; to be patient.

To press; - with on or upon, or against.

To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear.

To relate or refer; - with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question?

To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.

To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E.

To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market.

A bier.

Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects.

An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.

One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.

Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.

A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market.

A portable punching machine.

A block covered with coarse matting; - used to scour the deck.

Barley; the six-rowed barley or the four-rowed barley, commonly the former (Hordeum hexastichon or Hordeum vulgare).

Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws

An investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price

Have;

Give birth (to a newborn);

Put up with something or somebody unpleasant;

Move while holding up or supporting;

Bring forth,

Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person;

Contain or hold; have within;

Bring in;

Have on one's person;

Behave in a certain manner;

Have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices;

Support or hold in a certain manner;

Be pregnant with;