Bare vs. Empty: What's the Difference?
Bare and Empty Definitions
Bare
Lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing; naked
A bare arm.
Empty
Having nothing inside or on the surface; holding or containing nothing
An empty bag.
An empty lot.
Bare
Exposed to view; undisguised
Bare fangs.
Empty
(Mathematics) Having no elements or members; null
An empty set.
Bare
Lacking the usual furnishings, equipment, or decoration
Bare walls.
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Empty
Having no occupants; not being used
An empty chair.
Bare
Having no addition, adornment, or qualification
The bare facts.
Empty
Not having an incumbent or occupant; unfilled
An empty post at the embassy.
Bare
Just sufficient; mere
The bare necessities.
Empty
Not put to purposeful use; idle
Empty hours.
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Bare
(Obsolete) Bareheaded.
Empty
Lacking force or power
An empty threat.
Bare
To make bare; uncover or reveal
Bared their heads.
Baring secrets.
Empty
Lacking purpose or substance; meaningless
An empty life.
Bare
To expose
The dog bared its teeth.
Empty
Needing nourishment; hungry
"More fierce and more inexorable far / Than empty tigers or the roaring sea" (Shakespeare).
Bare
A past tense of bear1.
Empty
Devoid; destitute
Empty of pity.
Bare
Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
A bare majority
Empty
To remove the contents of
Emptied the dishwasher.
Bare
Naked, uncovered.
Empty
To transfer or pour off completely
Empty the ashes into a pail.
Bare
Having no supplies.
A room bare of furniture
The cupboard was bare.
Empty
To unburden; relieve
Empty oneself of doubt.
Bare
Having no decoration.
The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?
Empty
To become empty
The theater emptied after the performance.
Bare
Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
The trees were left bare after the swarm of locusts devoured all the leaves.
Empty
To discharge its contents
The river empties into a bay.
Bare
A lot or lots of.
It's bare money to get in the club each time, man.
It's taking bare time.
Empty
An empty container.
Bare
With head uncovered; bareheaded.
Empty
Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
An empty purse
An empty jug
An empty stomach
Bare
Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
Empty
Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
Bare
(figuratively) Mere; without embellishment.
Empty
(obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of.
Bare
Threadbare, very worn.
Empty
Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
Bare
Not insured.
Empty
Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
Empty words, or threats
Empty offer
Empty promises
Bare
(dialect) Barely.
Empty
Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
Empty pleasures
Bare
Very; significantly.
That pissed me off bare.
That's bare stupid.
Empty
Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
Empty dreams
Bare
(slang) Without a condom.
Empty
Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
Empty brains
An empty coxcomb
Bare
(‘the bare’) The surface, the (bare) skin.
Empty
(of some female animals, especially cows and sheep) Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season.
Empty cow rates have increased in recent years.
Bare
Surface; body; substance.
Empty
Producing nothing; unfruitful.
An empty vine
Bare
(architecture) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
Empty
To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
To empty a well or a cistern
The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.
Bare
To uncover; to reveal.
She bared her teeth at him.
The tabloid newspaper promised to bare all.
Empty
(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.
Bare
(obsolete) bear
Empty
A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
Put the empties out to be recycled.
Bare
Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.
Empty
Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; - said of an inclosure, or a container, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.
Bare
With head uncovered; bareheaded.
When once thy foot enters the church, be bare.
Empty
Free; clear; devoid; - often with of.
I shall find you empty of that fault.
Bare
Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
Bare in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear !
Empty
Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
When ye go ye shall not go empty.
Bare
Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager.
Empty
Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; - said of language; as, empty words, or threats.
Words are but empty thanks.
Bare
Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; - used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture.
Empty
Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; - said of pleasure, the world, etc.
Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise.
Bare
Threadbare; much worn.
It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words.
Empty
Producing nothing; unfruitful; - said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.
Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind.
Bare
Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority.
Nor are men prevailed upon by bare words.
Empty
Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
That in civility thou seem'st so empty.
Bare
Surface; body; substance.
You have touched the very bare of naked truth.
Empty
Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.
Bare
That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
Empty
An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; - used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."
Bare
To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast.
Empty
To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.
The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth.
Bare
Lay bare;
Bare your breasts
Bare your feelings
Empty
To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
Bare
Make public;
She aired her opinions on welfare
Empty
To become empty.
Bare
Lay bare;
Denude a forest
Empty
A container that has been emptied;
Return all empties to the store
Bare
Denuded of leaves;
The bare branches of winter
Empty
Make void or empty of contents;
Empty the box
The alarm emptied the building
Bare
Completely unclothed;
Bare bodies
Naked from the waist up
A nude model
Empty
Become empty or void of its content;
The room emptied
Bare
Lacking in amplitude or quantity;
A bare livelihood
A scanty harvest
A spare diet
Empty
Leave behind empty; move out of;
You must vacate your office by tonight
Bare
Without the natural or usual covering;
A bald spot on the lawn
Bare hills
Empty
Remove;
Empty the water
Bare
Not having a protective covering;
Unsheathed cables
A bare blade
Empty
Excrete or discharge from the body
Bare
Just barely adequate or within a lower limit;
A bare majority
A marginal victory
Empty
Holding or containing nothing;
An empty glass
An empty room
Full of empty seats
Empty hours
Bare
Apart from anything else; without additions or modifications;
Only the bare facts
Shocked by the mere idea
The simple passage of time was enough
The simple truth
Empty
Devoid of significance or point;
Empty promises
A hollow victory
Vacuous comments
Bare
Lacking a surface finish such as paint;
Bare wood
Unfinished furniture
Empty
Having nothing inside;
An empty sphere
Bare
Providing no shelter or sustenance;
Bare rocky hills
Barren lands
The bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
The desolate surface of the moon
A stark landscape
Empty
Needing nourishment;
After skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime
Empty-bellied children
Bare
Having extraneous everything removed including contents;
The bare walls
The cupboard was bare
Empty
Emptied of emotion;
After the violent argument he felt empty
Bare
Showing ground without the usual covering of grass;
A carefully swept bare yard around the house
