Difference between Forebear and Forbear

What is the difference between Forebear and Forbear?

Forebear as a noun is an ancestor. while Forbear as a noun is an ancestor.

Forebear

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An ancestor.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.

Forbear

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An ancestor.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up.To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.To control oneself when provoked.

We hope you now know whether to use Forebear or Forbear in your sentence.

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