Provision vs. Reserve — What's the Difference?

The act of providing or supplying something

To keep back, as for future use or for a special purpose

The act of making preparations for a possible or future event or situation

To set or cause to be set apart for a particular person or use

Something provided

Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose

Provisions Necessary supplies, such as food and clothing, as for a journey.

An amount of capital that is not invested or otherwise used in order to meet probable demands, such as withdrawals by bank depositors or claims on insurance policies.

A preparatory action or measure

Lack of enthusiasm, as from a misgiving or doubt

A particular requirement in a law, rule, agreement, or document

Self-restraint in expression or bearing; reticence or coolness

To supply with provisions.

A reservation of public land

To take preparatory action or measures

An amount of a mineral, fossil fuel, or other resource known to exist in a particular location and to be exploitable

An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.

A fighting force kept uncommitted until strategic need arises.

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

The part of a country's armed forces not on active duty but subject to call in an emergency.

Money set aside for a future event.

A member of either of these forces

(accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.

A group of players that play only as substitutes for starters in games or are kept from playing for some reason.

(law) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.

One of these players.

(Roman Catholicism) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.

Held in or forming a reserve

A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.

(behaviour) Restriction.

(transitive) To supply with provisions.

The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.

To supply (a user) with an account, resources, etc. so that they can use a system.

Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.

That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation.

A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.

Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; - often in the plural.

A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose

That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a contract; the statute has many provisions.

(Canada) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.)

A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.

(military) A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.

A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.

Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.

To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.

A reserve price in an auction.

A stipulated condition;

Wine held back and aged before being sold.

The activity of supplying or providing something

(ceramics) Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain.

The cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening;

(social) Something initially kept back for later use in a recreation.

A store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms)

(sports) A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates.

Supply with provisions

(card games) A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play.

In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.

(calico printing) A resist.

A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.

To keep back; to retain.

To keep in store for future or special use.

To book in advance; to make a reservation.

(obsolete) To make an exception of; to except.

To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain; to make a reservation{7}.

To make an exception of; to except.

The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation.

That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use.

That which is excepted; exception.

Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.

A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.

A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.

Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities.

That part of the assets of a bank or other financial institution specially kept in cash in a more or less liquid form as a reasonable provision for meeting all demands which may be made upon it;

In exhibitions, a distinction which indicates that the recipient will get a prize if another should be disqualified.

A resist.

A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.

Formality and propriety of manner

Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose

An athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out

(medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions

A district that is reserved for particular purpose

Armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency

The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

Hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency;

Give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause;

Obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance;

Arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance;

Not engaged in military action

Kept in reserve especially for emergency use;