Difference between Provide and Cater

PROVIDE vs CATER: NOUN

Determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation
Provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
Provide or furnish with
Mount or put up
Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
Give something useful or necessary to
To make possible or attainable.
To furnish with, cause to be present.
To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
To determine the form of some situations, by means of a stipulation or condition.
To act to prepare for something.
To make a living; earn money for necessities.
Supply means of subsistence; earn a living
Take measures in preparation for

To stipulate previously; to condition.
To make a stipulation or requirement.
To supply means of subsistence.
To take measures in preparation.
To make ready ahead of time; prepare.
To set down as a stipulation or requirement.
To have as an available or desirable feature; afford.
To supply something needed or desired to.
To make available (something needed or desired); furnish.
To procure supplies or means in advance; to take measures beforehand in view of an expected or a possible future need, especially a danger or an evil; -- followed by against or for

To provide food or entertainment.
To be particularly attentive or solicitous; minister.
To provide food service for.
To attend to the wants or needs of.
To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.
By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to.

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.
To supply; to afford; to contribute.
To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with.
To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
To foresee.
To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.

Supply means of subsistence
To foresee; look forward to.
To procure beforehand; get, collect, or make ready for future use; prepare.
Earn a living
To make ready; prepare.
To make or lay down as a previous arrangement, guaranty, or provision; make a previous condition, supposition, or understanding: as, the agreement provides that the party shall incur no loss.
Eccles., to grant the right to be in future presented to a benefice which is not vacant at the time of the grant. See provision, 8.
To procure or furnish supplies, means of defense, or the like: as, to provide liberally for the table.
To take measures for counteracting or escaping something: often followed by against or for.
To furnish; supply: now often followed by with, but formerly also by of.

To make provision, as of food, entertainment, etc.; act as a purveyor: as, to cater to a depraved appetite.
To cut diagonally.
Supply food ready to eat
For parties and banquets

Create, Bring, Enable, Obtain, Offers, Receive, Deliver, Give, Put up, Ply, Supply, Cater, Render, Furnish, Offer

Serve, Occupy, Reflect, Handle, Conform, Fit, Complement, Cope, Fulfill, Meet, Satisfy, Accommodate, Supply, Ply, Provide

Offering, Facilitate, Create, Bring, Enable, Obtain, Offers, Receive, Give, Put up, Supply, Cater, Render, Furnish, Offer

Fill, Attend, Facilitate, Serve, Occupy, Reflect, Handle, Conform, Fit, Complement, Meet, Satisfy, Accommodate, Supply, Provide

These Acts provide compensation benefits to injured workers.
ACM classes provide facilities for both these tasks.
Can provide authorization and maintenance facilities, parts, etc.
Make sure to provide an active email address.
Provide the DOI when available for electronic documents.
However, you may have to provide an explanation.
Provide and maintain receptacles for garbage, and provide for removal of same.
Provide community, educational and training resources to employees interested in upward mobility, and provide counseling regarding such opportunities.
We have a responsibility to our employees to provide fulfilling careers that provide purpose and reward.
Where local notaries can provide services, the British embassy will not provide them.

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They cater to tall, short, curvy, thin: everyone.
The Pinlist template will cater to your needs.
We cater to your individual wants and needs.
Both cater to our natural love of water.
Written stuff will cater to becoming a bunch!
So how do you cater for stock splits?
Cable news shows cater to the American public.
The country does not cater to Americans and Europeans but does cater to other South American visitors.