Buttonhole vs. Waylay — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Buttonhole and Waylay
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Definitions
Buttonhole➦
Buttonholes are reinforced holes in fabric that buttons pass through, allowing one piece of fabric to be secured to another. The raw edges of a buttonhole are usually finished with stitching.
Waylay➦
Stop or interrupt (someone) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way
He waylaid me on the stairs
Buttonhole➦
A small slit in a garment or piece of fabric for fastening a button.
Waylay➦
To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
Buttonhole➦
Chiefly British A boutonniere.
Waylay➦
To approach and speak to (a person on the way to a destination or in the middle of an activity)
"After the meal he followed me into the living room and waylaid me before I could reassemble my guests" (Louis Auchincloss).
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Buttonhole➦
To make a buttonhole in.
Waylay➦
To interrupt the course or progress of
Travelers waylaid by a storm.
An athlete waylaid by an injury.
Buttonhole➦
To sew with a buttonhole stitch.
Waylay➦
(transitive) To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
Buttonhole➦
To accost and detain (a person) in conversation
"He was also frequently buttonholed by White House lobbyists" (Terence Moran).
Waylay➦
(transitive) To accost or intercept unexpectedly.
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Buttonhole➦
A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
Waylay➦
To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush.
Falstaff, Bardolph, Peto, and Gadshill shall rob those men that we have already waylaid.
She often contrived to waylay him in his walks.
Buttonhole➦
A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
Waylay➦
Wait in hiding to attack
Buttonhole➦
(attributive) So shaped that it can be worn on a buttonhole or it is similar to a buttonhole.
Buttonhole➦
(surgery) A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.
Buttonhole➦
The mouth and/or nose and/or eyes if appearing tiny.
Buttonhole➦
(obsolete) vagina, coin slot.
Buttonhole➦
Anus, batty hole.
Buttonhole➦
To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.
Buttonhole➦
(ambitransitive) To cut one or more buttonholes (in).
Buttonhole➦
(transitive) To sew by buttonhole stitch.
Buttonhole➦
To make a small slot-like incision in (intentionally or unintentionally).
Buttonhole➦
To apply a flowery formation in.
Buttonhole➦
To attain buttonhole-like formations on cutting.
Buttonhole➦
The hole or loop in which a button is caught.
Buttonhole➦
To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour.
Buttonhole➦
A hole through which buttons are pushed
Buttonhole➦
Detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
