Bare
Bare adjective - Being this and no more.
Usage example: impoverished people who can no longer afford the bare necessities
Sole and bare are semantically related in attribution topic. In some cases you can use "Sole" instead an adjective "Bare".
Sole
Sole adjective - Belonging only to the one person, unit, or group named.
Bare and sole are semantically related in attribution topic. Sometimes you can use "Bare" instead an adjective "Sole".
Both words in one sentence
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So now he is a horrible freak of a goblin... with an eye on the sole of his bare foot.
Source: Cursed with Awesome -
A Goofy short titled Tiger Trouble has Goofy subdued by the tiger he's hunting for, who then proceeds to rip the sole from Goofy's boot and lick his bare foot, tickling him immensely.
Source: Tickle Torture -
He fully understood 3-4 men could not move over a ton of sculpted rock with bare hands, but the idea of an officer failing to do his duty — and, even worse, fleeing his men to remain the sole survivor — was a different kettle of fish.
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