Answear vs. Answer — What's the Difference?
Edited by Tayyaba Rehman — By Fiza Rafique — Published on October 10, 2023
"Answear" is a common misspelling, while "Answer" is correct. An answer is a response or solution to a question or problem.
Which is correct: Answear or Answer
How to spell Answer?
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Answer
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Difference Between Answear and Answer
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Key Differences
"Wear" isn't related to responding; thus, "Answear" is incorrect.
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Visualize a question mark following the word "Answer."
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Recall the phrase, "Have an ANSWER," which rhymes with "dancer."
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Think of "Answer" as containing the word "swear," but without the "s."
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Associate "Answer" with response and "Answear" as a typo.
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Definitions
Answer
A solution to a problem or dilemma.
The formula was the answer to the mathematical challenge.
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A counteraction to an action or statement.
Her reaction was a direct answer to his comment.
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A series of words spoken, written, or signed in reaction to a question, request, or other prompt; a reply
I wrote weeks ago but never got an answer.
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An act that serves as a reply or response
Our only possible answer was to sue. Their answer was to ignore me.
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Answer
A solution or result, as to a problem
We all got the right answer to that problem.
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The correct solution or response
The teacher read the answers to the quiz aloud.
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Something markedly similar to another of the same class
Cable TV's answer to the broadcast networks' sportscasts.
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(Law) A defendant's response to the allegations that have been made against them.
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To speak, write, or sign as a reaction to a question or other prompt
He couldn't take the call but answered with a text message.
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To act in reaction or as a response
Their team scored, but our team answered with a quick goal.
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To be liable or accountable
You must answer for your actions to your supervisor.
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To serve the purpose; suffice
“Often I do use three words where one would answer” (Mark Twain).
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To act in response to
The police answered the call for help. The soldiers answered the attack.
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To be sufficient for (a need, for instance); fulfill
“My fortune has answered my desires” (Izaak Walton).
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To match or correspond to
The suspect answers the description given by the police.
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A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
Her answer to his proposal was a slap in the face.
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(legal) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
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(ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
He answered the question.
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(transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
To answer a charge or accusation
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(ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
She answered the door.
Nobody answered when I knocked on the door.
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(ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
It answers the need.
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To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
The man must answer to his employer for the money entrusted to his care.
He has a lot to answer for.
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To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
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To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
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To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
He answered my claim upon him.
The servant answered the bell.
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(obsolete) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
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To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.
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To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to.
She answers him as if she knew his mind.
So spake the apostate angel, though in pain: . . . And him thus answered soon his bold compeer.
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To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute.
No man was able to answer him a word.
These shifts refuted, answer thine appellant.
The reasoning was not and could not be answered.
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To be or act in return or response to.
This proud king . . . studies day and nightTo answer all the debts he owes unto you.
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To be opposite to; to face.
The windows answering each other, we could just discern the glowing horizon them.
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To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
Money answereth all things.
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To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.
Weapons must needs be dangerous things, if they answered the bulk of so prodigious a person.
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To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response.
There was no voice, nor any that answered.
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To make a satisfactory response or return.
Let his neck answer for it, if there is any martial law.
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To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
That the time may have all shadow and silence in it, and the place answer to convenience.
If this but answer to my just belief,I 'll remember you.
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
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A reply to a charge; a defense.
At my first answer no man stood with me.
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Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
I called him, but he gave me no answer.
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Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action.
Great the slaughter isHere made by the Roman; great the answer beBritons must take.
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A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem.
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A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill.
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A statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation;
I waited several days for his answer
He wrote replies to several of his critics
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A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem;
They were trying to find a peaceful solution
The answers were in the back of the book
He computed the result to four decimal places
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The principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
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A nonverbal reaction;
His answer to any problem was to get drunk
Their answer was to sue me
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Reply or respond to;
She didn't want to answer
Answer the question
We answered that we would accept the invitation
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Give the correct answer or solution to;
Answer a question
Answer the riddle
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Understand the meaning of;
The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered
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Give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument);
The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution
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Be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity;
A few words would answer
This car suits my purpose well
Will $100 do?
A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school
Nothing else will serve
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Match or correspond;
The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave
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Be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of;
This may answer her needs
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React to a stimulus or command;
The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch
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A response to a question or problem.
He gave the right answer in the quiz.
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A reply to a call or summons.
When duty called, she was quick to answer.
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A statement or action made in reaction.
The crowd's cheer was an answer to the winning goal.
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FAQs
Why is it called Answer?
It's derived from Old English "andswaru," meaning a response or reply.
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What is the verb form of Answer?
The verb form is "answer" (as in, "I will answer the phone").
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Which conjunction is used with Answer?
No specific conjunction is tied to "answer," but it can be used with any conjunction based on sentence structure.
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Which article is used with Answer?
Both "an" and "the" can be used with "answer" depending on context.
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Is Answer a noun or adjective?
"Answer" is primarily a noun, but can be a verb.
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Is Answer an abstract noun?
Yes, as it can refer to a non-tangible response or solution.
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Is the word Answer imperative?
No, but it can be used in imperative sentences (e.g., "Answer me!").
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Is the word “Answer” a Direct object or an Indirect object?
"Answer" can be either, depending on sentence structure.
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Is the Answer term a metaphor?
By itself, no, but it can be used metaphorically.
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Is Answer a vowel or consonant?
"Answer" is a word containing both vowels and consonants.
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Which determiner is used with Answer?
"The," "an," "my," "your," etc., depending on context.
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Is Answer a negative or positive word?
Neutral; the positivity or negativity depends on context.
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What part of speech is Answer?
It is primarily a noun but can also be a verb.
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How is Answer used in a sentence?
"I will answer your question once I have all the details."
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