Bay vs. Creek — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bay and Creek
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Bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or even another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight.
Creek
A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting eastern Alabama, southwest Georgia, and northwest Florida and now located in central Oklahoma and southern Alabama. The Creek were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s.
Bay
A body of water partially enclosed by land but with a wide mouth, affording access to the sea
The Bay of Biscay.
Creek
The Muskogean language of the Creek.
Bay
An area of land, such as an arm of prairie partially enclosed by woodland, that resembles in shape or formation a partially enclosed body of water.
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Creek
A Native American confederacy made up of the Creek and various smaller southeast tribes.
Bay
(Architecture) A part of a building marked off by vertical elements, such as columns or pilasters
An arcade divided into ten bays.
Creek
A member of this confederacy. In all senses also called Muskogee1.
Bay
A bay window.
Creek
A small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary to a river. Also called regionally branch, brook1, kill2, run.
Bay
An opening or recess in a wall.
Creek
A channel or stream running through a salt marsh
Tidal creeks teeming with shore wildlife.
Bay
A section or compartment, as in a service station, barn, or aircraft, that is set off for a specific purpose
A cargo bay.
An engine bay.
Creek
Chiefly British A small inlet in a shoreline, extending farther inland than a cove.
Bay
A sickbay.
Creek
(British) A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
Bay
(Computers) A drive bay.
Creek
A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger than a brook; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.
Bay
A reddish brown.
Creek
Any turn or winding.
Bay
A reddish-brown animal, especially a horse having a black mane and tail.
Creek
A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.
Each creek and cavern of the dangerous shore.
They discovered a certain creek, with a shore.
Bay
A deep, prolonged bark, such as the sound made by hounds.
Creek
A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks.
Bay
The position of one cornered by pursuers and forced to turn and fight at close quarters
The hunters brought their quarry to bay.
Creek
Any turn or winding.
The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands.
Bay
The position of having been checked or held at a distance
"He has seen the nuclear threat held at bay for 40 years" (Earl W. Foell).
Creek
A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river);
The creek dried up every summer
Bay
See laurel.
Creek
Any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma
Bay
Any of certain other trees or shrubs with aromatic foliage, such as the California laurel.
Bay
A crown or wreath made especially of the leaves and branches of the laurel and given as a sign of honor or victory.
Bay
Often bays Honor; renown.
Bay
Reddish-brown
A bay colt.
Bay
To utter a deep, prolonged bark.
Bay
To pursue or challenge with barking
"I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon" (Shakespeare).
Bay
To express by barking or howling
A mob baying its fury.
Bay
To bring to bay
"too big for the dogs which tried to bay it" (William Faulkner).
Bay
(obsolete) A berry.
Bay
, a tree or shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.
Bay
Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
Bay
The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.
Bay
A tract covered with bay trees.
Bay
A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico.
Bay
(geography) A body of water (especially the sea) more-or-less three-quarters surrounded by land.
Bay
A bank or dam to keep back water.
Bay
An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
Bay
An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
Bay
The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
Bay
(nautical) Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
Bay
(rail transport) A bay platform.
Bay
A bay window.
Bay
The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
Bay
(by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
Bay
(figuratively) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
Bay
A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
Bay
A horse of this color.
Bay
(intransitive) To howl.
Bay
(transitive) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
To bay the bear
Bay
(transitive) To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.
Bay
Of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).
Bay
Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; - applied to the color of horses.
Bay
An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.
Bay
A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc.
Bay
A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
Bay
A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers.
Bay
A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.
Bay
A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
Bay
A berry, particularly of the laurel.
Bay
The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel.
The patriot's honors and the poet's bays.
Bay
A tract covered with bay trees.
Bay
Deep-toned, prolonged barking.
Bay
A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay.
The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by incessant efforts.
Bay
A bank or dam to keep back water.
Bay
To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.
The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bayed.
Bay
To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.
Bay
To bathe.
Bay
To dam, as water; - with up or back.
Bay
An indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
Bay
The sound of a hound on the scent
Bay
Small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
Bay
A compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital;
They put him in the sick bay
Bay
A compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose;
He opened the bomb bay
Bay
A small recess opening off a larger room
Bay
A horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
Bay
Utter in deep prolonged tones
Bay
Bark with prolonged noises, of dogs
Bay
(used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color
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