Bare vs. Empty

Bare vs. Empty — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Bare and Empty

Bareadjective

Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.

a bare majority

Emptyadjective

Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach

Bareadjective

Naked, uncovered.

I do wonder why keeping my little breasts bare can be lewd even as none tells my brother anything for being bare-chested.

Emptyadjective

Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed to being null (having no valid value).

Bareadjective

Having no supplies.

a room bare of furnitureThe cupboard was bare.

Emptyadjective

(obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of.

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Bareadjective

Having no decoration.

The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?

Emptyadjective

Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.

Bareadjective

Having had what usually covers (something) removed.

The trees were left bare after the swarm of locusts devoured all the leaves.

Emptyadjective

Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.

empty words, or threats

Bareadjective

A lot or lots of.

It's bare money to get in the club each time, man.

Emptyadjective

Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.

empty pleasures
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Bareadjective

With head uncovered; bareheaded.

Emptyadjective

Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.

empty dreams

Bareadjective

Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.

Emptyadjective

(obsolete) Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.

an empty vine

Bareadjective

(figurative) Mere; without embellishment.

Emptyadjective

Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.

empty brains; an empty coxcomb

Bareadjective

Threadbare, very worn.

Emptyverb

To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.

to empty a well or a cisternThe cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.

Bareadverb

Very; significantly.

That pissed me off bare.It's taking bare time.

Emptyverb

(intransitive) Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.

Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River.

Bareadverb

Barely.

Emptynoun

A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.

Put the empties out to be recycled.

Bareadverb

Without a condom.

Emptynoun

a container that has been emptied;

return all empties to the store

Barenoun

(‘the bare’) The surface, the (bare) skin.

Emptyverb

make void or empty of contents;

Empty the boxThe alarm emptied the building

Barenoun

Surface; body; substance.

Emptyverb

become empty or void of its content;

The room emptied

Barenoun

(architecture) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.

Emptyverb

leave behind empty; move out of;

You must vacate your office by tonight

Bareverb

(transitive) To uncover; to reveal.

She bared her teeth at him.

Emptyverb

remove;

Empty the water

Bareverb

(obsolete) bear

Emptyverb

excrete or discharge from the body

Bareverb

lay bare;

bare your breastsbare your feelings

Emptyadjective

holding or containing nothing;

an empty glassan empty roomfull of empty seatsempty hours

Bareverb

make public;

She aired her opinions on welfare

Emptyadjective

devoid of significance or point;

empty promisesa hollow victoryvacuous comments

Bareverb

lay bare;

denude a forest

Emptyadjective

having nothing inside;

an empty sphere

Bareadjective

denuded of leaves;

the bare branches of winter

Emptyadjective

needing nourishment;

after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertimeempty-bellied children

Bareadjective

completely unclothed;

bare bodiesnaked from the waist upa nude model

Emptyadjective

emptied of emotion;

after the violent argument he felt empty

Bareadjective

lacking in amplitude or quantity;

a bare livelihooda scanty harvesta spare diet

Bareadjective

without the natural or usual covering;

a bald spot on the lawnbare hills

Bareadjective

not having a protective covering;

unsheathed cablesa bare blade

Bareadjective

just barely adequate or within a lower limit;

a bare majoritya marginal victory

Bareadjective

apart from anything else; without additions or modifications;

only the bare factsshocked by the mere ideathe simple passage of time was enoughthe simple truth

Bareadjective

lacking a surface finish such as paint;

bare woodunfinished furniture

Bareadjective

providing no shelter or sustenance;

bare rocky hillsbarren landsthe bleak treeless regions of the high Andesthe desolate surface of the moona stark landscape

Bareadjective

having extraneous everything removed including contents;

the bare wallsthe cupboard was bare

Bareadjective

showing ground without the usual covering of grass;

a carefully swept bare yard around the house