“Chair” or “Chare”—Which to use?

“Chair” or “Chare”

Overview

chair / chare are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

chair: (noun) a seat for one person, with a support for the back. (noun) a particular seat in an orchestra. (verb) act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university.

chare: NA

Pronunciation

chair: ch·EH·r

chare: NA

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Examples in Context

Examples of “chair”

…Toronto in 2003 as Vice Chair and Chief Risk Officer of…
He was the technical program chair for the 2016 ACM SIGCHI…
…not manage to gain a chair in psychoanalysis at the Hebrew…
Jon Day , Lately Chair, Joint Intelligence Committee, Cabinet Office.
Mark Harding, the first chair of the GC100, has stated…
…was thrown from his deck chair by a sudden wave, and…
…they modified a wooden porch chair so that the seat moved…
…the first in the USSR Chair of Thoracic Surgery for the…
…he forces her into a chair and turns on her TV…
David Ronald Norgrove, Chair, Low Pay Commission and Chair,…

Examples of “chare”

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