Baying vs. Braying — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Baying and Braying
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Baying
A deep, prolonged bark, such as the sound made by hounds.
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Braying
To utter the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
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Baying
The position of one cornered by pursuers and forced to turn and fight at close quarters
The hunters brought their quarry to bay.
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Braying
To sound loudly and harshly
The foghorn brayed all night.
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Baying
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).
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Braying
To emit (an utterance or a sound) loudly and harshly.
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Baying
To utter a deep, prolonged bark.
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Braying
To crush and pound to a fine consistency, as in a mortar.
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Baying
To pursue or challenge with barking
"I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon" (Shakespeare).
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Braying
To spread (ink) thinly over a surface.
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Baying
To express by barking or howling
A mob baying its fury.
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Braying
The loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
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Baying
To bring to bay
"too big for the dogs which tried to bay it" (William Faulkner).
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Braying
A sound resembling that of a donkey
"an endless bray of pointless jocosity" (Louis Auchincloss).
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Baying
Present participle of bay
The mob approached the castle, baying for royal blood.
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Braying
Present participle of bray
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Baying
Action of the verb to bay; howling.
She quickly grew weary of the beast's constant baying.
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Braying
An act or sound of braying.
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Baying
An instance of baying; a howl.
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Braying
Making a harsh noise; blaring.
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