Forbearing vs. Bearing

To keep oneself from doing something; hold back; refrain

The manner in which one carries or conducts oneself

To be tolerant or patient in the face of provocation.

A machine or structural part that supports another part.

To refrain from; resist

A device that supports, guides, and reduces the friction of motion between fixed and moving machine parts.

To restrain oneself so as not (to do something)

Something that supports weight.

Forbearance; restraint

The part of an arch or beam that rests on a support.

Characterized by patience and indulgence; long-suffering

The act, power, or period of producing fruit or offspring.

Present participle of forbear

The quantity produced; yield.

Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering.

Direction, especially angular direction measured from one position to another using geographical or celestial reference lines.

Showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment;

Often bearings Awareness of one's position or situation relative to one's surroundings

Relevant relationship or interconnection

(Heraldry) A charge or device on a field.

(Architecture) Designed to support structural weight

Present participle of bear

(in combination) That bears (some specified thing).

Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.

(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.

The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.

One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively.

Relevance; a relationship or connection.

One's posture, demeanor, or manner.

(architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.

(architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.

The unsupported span.

(heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.

The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage.

Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.

The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it; hence, relation; connection.

Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.

The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.

That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.

The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal.

Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms - commonly in the pl.

The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was W. N. W.

Relevant relation or interconnection;

The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies

Dignified manner or conduct

Characteristic way of bearing one's body;

Heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

A rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily

(of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain

Producing or yielding;