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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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