Carry vs Bring

Use carry when you want to emphasize physically holding or supporting something as you move it. The focus is on the action of bearing weight or transporting with your hands, arms, or another part of your body.

Use bring when the movement is toward a particular place, person, or event, especially relative to the speaker's current or expected location. Bring highlights direction and intention to deliver or have an item arrive somewhere.

Keep in mind that carry focuses on the physical act of holding or supporting something during movement, while bring focuses on moving something toward a specific place or person relative to the speaker.

Choose carry when highlighting how something is held or moved, and choose bring when emphasizing the direction of movement toward a place or person associated with the speaker.

The key difference is that carry describes the manner of transporting by holding, whereas bring describes movement toward a location or person relative to the speaker's perspective.

Remember to think about whether you want to highlight the physical act of holding carry or the directional movement toward a place or person bring, and choose the verb that matches your focus.

Practice by describing everyday situations out loud, paying attention to whether the emphasis is on holding an item during movement or on moving an item toward a particular place, so you instinctively pick carry or bring.

Use carry for physically holding or supporting something as you move, and use bring for moving something toward a place or person relative to the speaker; this way your descriptions will be clear and natural.