Difference between Bear and Yield

What is the difference between Bear and Yield?

Bear as a verb is to carry something. while Yield as a verb is to give way; to allow another to pass first.

Bear

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Characterized by or believing to benefit of declining prices in securities markets.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To carry something. To be equipped with something. To declare as testimony. To put up with something. To give birth to someone or something. To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops. To be - or head - in a specific direction from the observer's position.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of family Ursidae, particularly of subfamily Ursinae. An animal that resembles a bear, such as a koala or ant bear. An investor who sells commodities, securities or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices. A difficult situation or problem. A large hairy man, especially one who is gay.

Example sentence: Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

Yield

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A product; the quantity of something produced

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To give way; to allow another to pass first.To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.To produce as return, as from an investment.The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.To produce as a result.

Example sentence: Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge.

We hope you now know whether to use Bear or Yield in your sentence.

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