Gear vs. Hear — What's the Difference?

A gear is a rotating circular machine part having cut teeth or, in the case of a cogwheel or gearwheel, inserted teeth (called cogs), which mesh with another toothed part to transmit torque. A gear may also be known informally as a cog.

Perceive with the ear the sound made by (someone or something)

A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of a driving mechanism (such as the engine of a vehicle) and the speed of the driven parts (the wheels)

Be told or informed of

Equipment or apparatus that is used for a particular purpose

Will or would not allow or agree to

Design or adjust the gears in a machine to give a specified speed or power output

To perceive (sound) by the ear

A toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, that meshes with another toothed part to transmit motion or to change speed or direction.

To learn by hearing; be told by others

A complete assembly that performs a specific function in a larger machine.

To listen to (something) attentively or in an official capacity, as in a court

A transmission configuration for a specific ratio of engine to axle torque in a motor vehicle.

To listen to and consider favorably

Equipment, such as tools or clothing, used for a particular activity

To attend or participate in

Clothing and accessories

To be capable of perceiving sound.

Personal belongings, including clothing

To receive news or information; learn

The harness for a horse.

To consider, permit, or consent to something. Used only in the negative

A ship's rigging.

To perceive sounds through the ear.

A sailor's personal effects.

To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.

To equip with gears.

(transitive) To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.

To connect by gears.

(transitive) To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.).

To put into gear.

(transitive) To receive information about; to come to learn of.

To adjust or adapt so as to make suitable

(with from) To be contacted by.

To provide with gear; equip.

To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try.

To come into or be in gear.

To sympathize with; to understand the feelings or opinion of.

To shift a transmission

To study under.

To become adjusted so as to fit or blend.

You hear me

(uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.

To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.

Clothing; garments.

To give audience or attention to; to listen to; to heed; to accept the doctrines or advice of; to obey; to examine; to try in a judicial court; as, to hear a recitation; to hear a class; the case will be heard to-morrow.

(obsolete) Goods; property; household items.

To attend, or be present at, as hearer or worshiper; as, to hear a concert; to hear Mass.

(countable) A wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other; a gear wheel.

To give attention to as a teacher or judge.

A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.

To accede to the demand or wishes of; to listen to and answer favorably; to favor.

A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.

To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound.

(aviation) landing gear

To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen.

Recreational drugs, including steroids.

To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to receive information by report or by letter.

Stuff.

Perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

(obsolete) Business matters; affairs; concern.

Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;

Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.

Examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process;

To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.

Receive a communication from someone;

To be in, or come into, gear.

Listen and pay attention;

To dress; to put gear on; to harness.

(usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).

(finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.

Great or fantastic

Clothing; garments; ornaments.

Goods; property; household stuff.

Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material.

The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.

Warlike accouterments.

Manner; custom; behavior.

Business matters; affairs; concern.

A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.

See 1st Jeer (b).

Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish.

To dress; to put gear on; to harness.

To provide with gearing.

To adapt toward some specific purpose; as, they geared their advertising for maximum effect among teenagers.

To be in, or come into, gear.

A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

A mechanism for transmitting motion by gears for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)

Equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.

Set the level or character of;