Fat vs. Fay — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Fat and Fay
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Definitions
Fat➦
In nutrition, biology, and chemistry, fat usually means any ester of fatty acids, or a mixture of such compounds, most commonly those that occur in living beings or in food.The term often refers specifically to triglycerides (triple esters of glycerol), that are the main components of vegetable oils and of fatty tissue in animals; or, even more narrowly, to triglycerides that are solid or semisolid at room temperature, thus excluding oils. The term may also be used more broadly as a synonym of lipid—any substance of biological relevance, composed of carbon, hydrogen, or oxygen, that is insoluble in water but soluble in non-polar solvents.
Fay➦
To join or fit closely or tightly.
Fat➦
A natural oily substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs
Whales and seals insulate themselves with layers of fat
Fay➦
A fairy or an elf.
Fat➦
Any of a group of natural esters of glycerol and various fatty acids, which are solid at room temperature and are the main constituents of animal and vegetable fat
Some 40 per cent of our daily calories are derived from dietary fats
Fay➦
Faith
"Sirrah, by my fay, it waxes late" (Shakespeare).
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Fat➦
(of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh
The driver was a fat wheezing man
Fay➦
A fairy.
Fat➦
Large in bulk or circumference
A fat cigarette
Fay➦
A white person.
Fat➦
Make or become fat
The hogs have been fatting
Numbers of black cattle are fatted here
Fay➦
Fairy like.
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Fat➦
The ester of glycerol and one, two, or three fatty acids.
Fay➦
Fitted closely together.
Fat➦
Any of various soft, solid, or semisolid organic compounds constituting the esters of glycerol and fatty acids and their associated organic groups.
Fay➦
White; white-skinned.
Fat➦
A mixture of such compounds occurring widely in organic tissue, especially in the adipose tissue of animals and in the seeds, nuts, and fruits of plants.
Fay➦
(obsolete) To fit.
Fat➦
Animal tissue containing such substances.
Fay➦
To join (pieces of timber) tightly.
Fat➦
A solidified animal or vegetable oil.
Fay➦
Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.
Fat➦
Obesity; corpulence
Health risks associated with fat.
Fay➦
(obsolete) To fadge.
Fat➦
Unnecessary excess
"would drain the appropriation's fat without cutting into education's muscle" (New York Times).
Fay➦
(dialectal) To cleanse; clean out.
Fat➦
Having much or too much fat or flesh; plump or obese.
Fay➦
A fairy; an elf.
Fat➦
Full of fat or oil; greasy.
Fay➦
Faith; as, by my fay.
Fat➦
Abounding in desirable elements
A paycheck fat with bonus money.
Fay➦
To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.
Fat➦
Fertile or productive; rich
"It was a fine, green, fat landscape" (Robert Louis Stevenson).
Fay➦
To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; - often with in, into, with, or together.
Fat➦
Having an abundance or amplitude; well-stocked
A fat larder.
Fat➦
Yielding profit or plenty; lucrative or rewarding
A fat promotion.
Fat➦
Prosperous; wealthy
Grew fat on illegal profits.
Fat➦
Thick; large
A fat book.
Fat➦
Puffed up; swollen
A fat lip.
Fat➦
To make or become fat; fatten.
Fat➦
Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
The fat man had trouble getting through the door.
The fattest pig should yield the most meat.
Fat➦
Thick; large.
The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.
Fat➦
Bulbous; rotund.
Fat➦
Bountiful.
Fat➦
Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich said of food.
Fat➦
(obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
Fat➦
Fertile; productive.
A fat soil; a fat pasture
Fat➦
Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
A fat benefice; a fat office;
A fat job
Fat➦
Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
Fat➦
Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
A fat take; a fat page
Fat➦
(golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
Fat➦
(theatre) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
Fat➦
Alternative form of phat
Fat➦
(uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
Mammals that hibernate have plenty of fat to keep them warm during the winter.
Fat➦
Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
Ask the butcher for a few pounds of fat for our greens.
Fat➦
(countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
Dietary fat is not the evil that it was once misapprehended to be; carbs are increasingly recognized as a bigger driver of atherosclerosis via chronic insulin resistance and the vascular processes that cascade from it.
Fat➦
That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
We need to trim the fat in this company
Fat➦
(slang) An erection.
I saw Daniel crack a fat.
Fat➦
(golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
Fat➦
The best or richest productions; the best part.
To live on the fat of the land
Fat➦
Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
Fat➦
A fat person.
Fat➦
A beef cattle fattened for sale.
Fat➦
(obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
Fat➦
(obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.
Fat➦
To make fat; to fatten.
Kill the fatted calf
Fat➦
To become fat; to fatten.
Fat➦
To hit a golf ball with a fat shot.
Fat➦
A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.
The fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
Fat➦
A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.
Fat➦
An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose.
Fat➦
The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.
Fat➦
Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.
Fat➦
Abounding with fat
Fat➦
Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
Making our western wits fat and mean.
Make the heart of this people fat.
Fat➦
Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
Fat➦
Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
Now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk.
Fat➦
Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures.
Fat➦
Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; - said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.
Fat➦
To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
We fat all creatures else to fat us.
Fat➦
To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.
An old ox fats as well, and is as good, as a young one.
Fat➦
A soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides);
Pizza has too much fat
Fat➦
A kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs;
Fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold
Fat➦
Excess bodily weight;
She found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others
Fat➦
Make fat or plump;
We will plump out that poor starving child
Fat➦
Having much flesh (especially fat);
He hadn't remembered how fat she was
Fat➦
Having a relatively large diameter;
A fat rope
Fat➦
Containing or composed of fat;
Fatty food
Fat tissue
Fat➦
Lucrative;
A juicy contract
A nice fat job
Fat➦
Marked by great fruitfulness;
Fertile farmland
A fat land
A productive vineyard
Rich soil
Fat➦
A chubby body;
The boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks