Provision vs. Support — What's the Difference?

The act of providing or supplying something

To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping

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

To bear or hold up (an amount of weight)

Something provided

To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to

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

To keep from falling in value, as by government purchases

A preparatory action or measure

To provide for or maintain by supplying with money or necessities

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

To furnish corroborating evidence for

To supply with provisions.

To aid the cause, policy, or interests of

To take preparatory action or measures

To argue in favor of; advocate

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

To have an enthusiastic interest in (a sports team).

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

To endure; tolerate

Money set aside for a future event.

To act in a secondary or subordinate role to (a leading performer).

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

To offer help or advice regarding (a product or service).

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

(Computers) To be compatible with (a program)

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

The act of supporting

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

The state of being supported

(transitive) To supply with provisions.

One that supports

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

The provision of money or the necessities of life

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

Help or advice offered to those encountering difficulties with a product or service.

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

(transitive) To keep from falling.

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

(transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.

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

(transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.

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

(transitive) To help, particularly financially.

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

To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.

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

(transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.

A stipulated condition;

(transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.

The activity of supplying or providing something

(transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.

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

(archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.

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

To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

Supply with provisions

Something which supports.

Financial or other help.

Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.

(mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.

(fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).

Evidence.

(computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.

An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.

An accompaniment in music.

(gymnastics) support position

(structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed. en

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches.

To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or misfortunes.

To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits.

To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain; as, to support the character of King Lear.

To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood; to maintain; to provide for; as, to support a family; to support the ministers of the gospel.

To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or a contest; to support an argument or a debate.

To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain; as, the testimony is not sufficient to support the charges; the evidence will not support the statements or allegations.

To vindicate; to maintain; to defend successfully; as, to be able to support one's own cause.

To uphold by aid or countenance; to aid; to help; to back up; as, to support a friend or a party; to support the present administration.

A attend as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman supported by a vice chairman; O'Connell left the prison, supported by his two sons.

The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining.

That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind.

That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reënforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery.

The activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities;

Aiding the cause or policy or interests of;

Something providing immaterial support or assistance to a person or cause or interest;

A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission;

Documentary validation;

The financial means whereby one lives;

Supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation;

The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening;

A subordinate musical part; provides background for more important parts

Any device that bears the weight of another thing;

Financial resources provided to make some project possible;

Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to;

Support materially or financially;

Be behind; approve of;

Be the physical support of; carry the weight of;

Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;

Adopt as a belief;

Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm;

Argue or speak in defense of;

Play a subordinate role to (another performer);

Be a regular customer or client of;

Put up with something or somebody unpleasant;