Reserve
Reserve noun - A collection of things kept available for future use or need.
Usage example: our fuel reserves are low
Supply is a synonym for reserve in amount topic. In some cases you can use "Supply" instead the word "Reserve" as a noun or an adjective or a verb, when it comes to topics like stock, store, inventory, savings.
Supply
Supply noun - The number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time.
Usage example: the supply of parents willing to coach youth soccer seems to be shrinking
Reserve is a synonym for supply in amount topic. You can use "Reserve" instead the word "Supply" as a noun or an adjective or a verb, if it concerns topics such as stock, inventory, savings.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good reserve | good supply |
| full | full reserve | full supply |
| ready | ready reserve | ready supply |
| regular | regular reserve | regular supply |
| Other adjectives: total, endless, infinite, proper, small, entire, massive, large, big, huge, internal, new, general, limited, vast, greater, remaining, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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No OSHA Compliance: Who the hell builds the power supply for a New York-sized city underneath a Pokémon reserve, anyway?!
- Now imagine that there was one central reserve bank for the entire world, controlling the money supply for each country, and the exchange rates between them all.
- This second system of "private loans" would exist outside the "normal" system in what is effectively an early form of "reserve banking", thus increasing the total money supply.
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