Pair vs. Despair — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pair and Despair
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Pair
Two corresponding persons or items, similar in form or function and matched or associated
A pair of shoes.
Despair
To lose all hope
Despaired of reaching shore safely.
Pair
One object composed of two joined, similar parts that are dependent upon each other
A pair of pliers.
Despair
To be overcome by a sense of futility or defeat.
Pair
Two persons who are married, engaged, or dating.
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Despair
Complete loss of hope.
Pair
Two persons who have something in common and are considered together
A pair of hunters.
Despair
One despaired of or causing despair
Unmotivated students that are the despair of their teachers.
Pair
Two mated animals.
Despair
To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
Pair
Two animals joined together in work.
Despair
(transitive) To cause to despair.
Pair
(Games) Two playing cards of the same denomination.
Despair
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
Pair
Two members of a deliberative body with opposing opinions on a given issue who agree to abstain from voting on the issue, thereby offsetting each other.
Despair
Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive
Pair
(Chemistry) An electron pair.
Despair
That which causes despair.
Pair
To arrange in sets of two; couple
The golfers are paired in twosomes for this round of play.
Despair
That which is despaired of. en
Pair
To combine or join (one person or thing) with another to form a pair
A director pairing his favorite actor with an unknown.
A salad that is paired with a fine dressing.
Despair
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; - often with of.
We despaired even of life.
Never despair of God's blessings here.
Pair
To form pairs or a pair
The people on the dance floor paired up.
Despair
To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted.
Pair
To join with another in love or mating.
Despair
To cause to despair.
Pair
Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
I couldn't decide which of the pair of designer shirts I preferred, so I bought the pair.
Despair
Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro,Pine with regret, or sicken with despair.
Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair.
Pair
One of the constituent items that make up a pair.
Despair
That which is despaired of.
Pair
Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
Spouses should make a great pair.
Despair
A state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly;
They were rescued from despair at the last minute
Pair
Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts)
A pair of scissors; two pairs of spectacles; several pairs of jeans
Despair
The feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
Pair
A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
A pair is harder to drive than two mounts with separate riders.
Despair
Abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart;
Don't despair--help is on the way!
Pair
(cards) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
Pair
(cricket) A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match.
Pair
A double play, two outs recorded in one play.
They turned a pair to end the fifth.
Pair
A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams
The Pirates took a pair from the Phillies.
Pair
(rowing) A boat for two sweep rowers.
Pair
(slang) A pair of breasts
She's got a gorgeous pair.
Pair
(slang) A pair of testicles
Grow a pair, mate.
Pair
The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.
Pair
Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time.
There were two pairs on the final vote.
Pair
(archaic) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set.
Pair
(kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.
Pair
(transitive) To group into one or more sets of two.
The wedding guests were paired boy/girl and groom's party/bride's party.
Pair
(computing) to link two electronic devices wirelessly together, especially through a protocol such as Bluetooth
It was not possible to pair my smartphone with an incompatible smartwatch.
Pair
(transitive) To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
Pair
(intransitive) To come together for mating.
Pair
To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
Pair
(intransitive) To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
Pair
To impair, to make worse.
Pair
To become worse, to deteriorate.
Pair
A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs." Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused.]
Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards.
Pair
Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.
Pair
Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen.
Pair
A married couple; a man and wife.
Pair
A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of pants; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.
Pair
Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question (in order, for example, to allow the members to be absent during the vote without affecting the outcome of the vote), or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote.
Pair
In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion.
Pair
To be joined in pairs; to couple; to mate, as for breeding.
Pair
To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
My heart was made to fit and pair with thine.
Pair
Same as To pair off. See phrase below.
Pair
To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another.
Glossy jet is paired with shining white.
Pair
To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
Pair
To impair.
Pair
A set of two similar things considered as a unit
Pair
Two items of the same kind
Pair
Two people considered as a unit
Pair
A poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
Pair
Form a pair or pairs;
The two old friends paired off
Pair
Bring two objects, ideas, or people together;
This fact is coupled to the other one
Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?
The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project
Pair
Occur in pairs
Pair
Arrange in pairs;
Pair these numbers
Pair
Make love;
Birds mate in the Spring
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