Bye vs. Peace — What's the Difference?

The transfer of a competitor directly to the next round of a competition in the absence of an assigned opponent

Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups.

A run scored from a ball that passes the batsman without being hit (recorded as an extra, not credited to the individual batsman).

The absence of war or other hostilities.

One or more holes remaining unplayed after a match has been decided.

An agreement or a treaty to end hostilities

Short for goodbye

Freedom from quarrels and disagreement; harmonious relations

A secondary matter; a side issue.

Public security and order

(Sports) The position of one who draws no opponent for a round in a tournament and so advances to the next round.

Inner contentment; serenity

Used to express farewell.

Used as a greeting, a farewell, or a request for silence.

The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team.

A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.

(cricket) An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.

A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.

(obsolete) A thing not directly aimed at; a secondary or subsidiary object, course, path, undertaking, issue, etc.

Harmony in personal relations.

(Scotland) An unspecified way or place.

A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.

(card games) A pass.

(archaic) Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.

Obsolete spelling of bee

(slang) Peace out; goodbye.

Out of the way; remote.

To make peace; to put at peace; to be at peace.

Secondary; supplementary.

(slang) To peace out.

(colloquial) Goodbye.

A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose

Obsolete spelling of by

To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop.

A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication.

The state prevailing during the absence of war

A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye.

Harmonious relations; freedom from disputes;

In various sports in which the contestants are drawn in pairs, the position or turn of one left with no opponent in consequence of an odd number being engaged; as, to draw a bye in a round of a tennis tournament.

The absence of mental stress or anxiety

The hole or holes of a stipulated course remaining unplayed at the end of a match.

The general security of public places;

A dwelling.

A treaty to cease hostilities;

In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.

You advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent;

A farewell remark;