Difference between Wear and Ware

What is the difference between Wear and Ware?

Wear as a noun is (in combination) clothing (such as footwear). while Ware as a noun is a product that is bought or sold; a commodity.

Wear

Part of speech: noun

Definition: (in combination) Clothing (such as footwear). Damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time. fashion

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc. To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner. To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance. To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use. To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use. See also wear away, wear down, wear off, wear out, wear thin. To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary. See also wear out. To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate. (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience. (of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously. Often as wore on, wore away. To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. See also gybe, jibe.

Ware

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A product that is bought or sold; a commodity.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To beware of something.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: aware

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