Share vs. Keep — What's the Difference?

A part or portion belonging to, distributed to, contributed by, or owed by a person or group

A keep (from the Middle English kype) is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word keep, but usually consider it to refer to large towers in castles that were fortified residences, used as a refuge of last resort should the rest of the castle fall to an adversary.

An equitable portion

To retain possession of

One of the equal parts into which the capital stock of a company is divided

To have as a supply

A unit of ownership in a mutual fund or other investment vehicle

To provide (a family, for example) with maintenance and support

Shares Chiefly British Stocks

To support (a mistress or lover) financially.

A plowshare.

To put customarily; store

To accord a share in (something) to another or others

To supply with room and board for a charge

To divide and parcel out in shares; apportion

To raise

To participate in, use, enjoy, or experience jointly or in turns

To maintain for use or service

To hold or have jointly with another or others

To manage, tend, or have charge of

To relate (a secret or experience, for example) to another or others.

To preserve (food).

(Computers) To make (a digital file) accessible to other users on a network, as for copying and downloading.

To cause to continue in a state, condition, or course of action

To have a share or part

To maintain records or entries in

To allow someone to use or enjoy something that one possesses

To enter (data) in a book

To use or enjoy something jointly or in turns

To detain

To talk about personal experiences or feelings with others.

To restrain

A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.

To prevent or deter

(finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.

To refrain from divulging

(computing) A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.

To save; reserve

(social media) The action of sharing something with other people via social media.

To adhere or conform to; follow

(anatomy) The sharebone or pubis.

To be faithful to; fulfill

(agriculture) The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.

To celebrate; observe

To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.

To remain in a state or condition; stay

To have or use in common.

To continue to do

To divide and distribute.

To remain fresh or unspoiled

To tell to another.

To restrain oneself; hold oneself back

To allow public or private sharing of computer data or space in a network

Care; charge

To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.

The means by which one is supported

The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

The stronghold of a castle.

The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed.

A jail.

A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.

To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.

Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend.

To remain faithful to a given promise or word.

Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares.

(transitive) To hold the status of something.

The pubes; the sharebone.

To maintain possession of.

To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.

To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.

To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another.

(transitive) To record transactions, accounts, or events in.

To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.

(transitive) To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.

To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others.

(archaic) To remain in; to be confined to.

Any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate;

To restrain.

Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group;

(with from) To watch over, look after, guard, protect.

The result of parcelling out or sharing;

To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).

Any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor;

(of living things) To raise; to care for.

A sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil

To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).

Have in common;

To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.

Use jointly or in common

To have habitually in stock for sale.

Have, give, or receive a share of;

(intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.

Give out as one's portion or share

(obsolete) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.

Communicate;

To continue.

To remain edible or otherwise usable.

(copulative) To remain in a state.

(obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.

To act as wicket-keeper.

To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.

To be in session; to take place.

(transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.

To visit (a place) often; to frequent.

To observe or celebrate (a holiday).

(historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.

The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.

(obsolete) The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge; notice.

The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.

(obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.

(engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.

To care; to desire.

To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to detain.

To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor.

To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of.

To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.

To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.

To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.

To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to keep books, a journal, etc.; also, to enter (as accounts, records, etc. ) in a book.

To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store.

To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to keep boarders.

To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.

To have habitually in stock for sale.

To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession.

To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to neglect; to be faithful to.

To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as, to keep one's house, room, bed, etc.; hence, to haunt; to frequent.

To observe duly, as a festival, etc.; to celebrate; to solemnize; as, to keep a feast.

To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach.

To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.

To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.

To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.

To be in session; as, school keeps to-day.

The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.

The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep.

The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse.

That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a castle; specifically, the strongest and securest part of a castle, often used as a place of residence by the lord of the castle, especially during a siege; the dungeon. See Illust. of Castle.

That which is kept in charge; a charge.

A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place.

The financial means whereby one lives;

The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress

A cell in a jail or prison

Keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,

Continue a certain state, condition, or activity;

Retain possession of;

Prevent from doing something or being in a certain state;

Conform one's action or practice to;

Observe correctly or closely;

Look after; be the keeper of; have charge of;

Maintain by writing regular records;

Supply with room and board;

Allow to remain in a place or position;

Supply with necessities and support;

Fail to spoil or rot;

Celebrate, as of holidays or rites;

Keep under control; keep in check;

Maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger;

Raise;

Retain rights to;

Store or keep customarily;

Have as a supply;

Maintain for use and service;

Hold and prevent from leaving;

Prevent (food) from rotting;