bought vs brought :

bought vs brought

bought or brought

Brought means to move something or someone to a place or person. It is the past participle of the word, bring. 

"As soon as she got to work, she brought a cup of steaming hot coffee to the boss."

Bought is the past participle and past tense of the word, buy which means to purchase or obtain an item by paying money for it.

"My boss from work bought a Mercedes Benz last week."


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  • Tom Hanks And Rita Wilson Selling Mansion They Bought 25 Years Ago
    Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are patient when it comes to the real estate market. The couple bought a Pacific Palisades home back in 1989, when Tom was fresh off his Oscar nomination for Big and was on the cusp of becoming a bona fide Hollywood star. Now, with long careers behind them and three [...] Tom Hanks And Rita Wilson Selling Mansion They Bought 25 Years Ago is a post from: The Inquisitr
    June 15, 2013 - The Inquisitr
  • Buyer Beware, Books Bought At Chappaqua Library’s Used Book Sale Could Be Carrying Bed Bugs
    On Saturday anybody who bought books during the sale can bring them to the parking lot across the street for treatment.
    June 14, 2013 - CBS New York
  • Salt Lake equities analyst bought first house at age 10
    Salt Lake equities analyst bought first house at age 10 by Jennifer Napier-pearce The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 14, 2013 10:21PM MDT Ask Amy Hu Sunderland about her business and she quickly wows you with her expertise in small cap funds, her keen eye for long-term investment opportunities and her globe-trotting life as an equities analyst. She’s undoubtedly smart, graduating with a 3.9 ...
    June 14, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
  brought
  • Teacher who brought gun pleads guilty
    A Farb Middle School teacher who brought a loaded gun to work, possibly as a means of defending himself on the Tierrasanta campus, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge of possession of a firearm in a school zone.
    June 12, 2013 - KGTV San Diego
  • Teen who brought unloaded gun to school gets jail time
    Jacob David Allen, the 18-year-old who brought an unloaded gun onto a school campus, has been sentenced to six months in jail, with five months and 10 days suspended, three years of unsupervised probation and ordered to undergo a behavioral counseling assessment."I...
    June 12, 2013 - The Yuma Sun
  • Teacher who brought gun pleads guilty
    A Farb Middle School teacher who brought a loaded gun to work, possibly as a means of defending himself on the Tierrasanta campus, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge of possession of a firearm in a school zone.
    June 12, 2013 - KGTV San Diego