Prey vs. Quarry — What's the Difference?

An animal hunted or caught by another for food

A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to reduce their environmental impact.The word quarry can also include the underground quarrying for stone, such as Bath stone.

The collection of animals typically hunted and eaten by a predator

A hunted animal; prey.

An object or victim of attack

Hunted animals considered as a group; game.

One that is subjected to or afflicted with something

An object of pursuit

One that is deceived or taken advantage of by another

An open excavation or pit from which stone is obtained by digging, cutting, or blasting.

The act or practice of preying.

A rich or productive source

Plunder; booty.

A square or diamond shape.

To hunt, catch, or eat as prey

A pane of glass having this shape.

To victimize or make a profit at someone else's expense

To obtain (stone) from a quarry, as by cutting, digging, or blasting.

To plunder or pillage

To extract (facts, for example) by long, careful searching

To exert a baneful or injurious effect

To use (land) as a quarry.

(archaic) Anything, such as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; something taken by force from an enemy in war

(mining) A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate.

That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured

A part of the entrails of a hunted animal, given to the hounds as a reward.

A person or thing given up as a victim.

(uncountable) An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.

A living thing that is eaten by another living thing.

(countable) An object of search or pursuit.

(archaic) The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.

A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.

The victim of a disease.

(transitive) To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.

(intransitive) To act as a predator.

To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.

Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.

To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.

Same as 1st Quarrel.

The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.

A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.

To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence.

The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.

A person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence;

A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. See 5th Mine (a).

Animal hunted or caught for food

Quadrate; square.

Profit from in an exploitatory manner;

To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

Prey on or hunt for;

To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.

A person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence;

A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate;

Animal hunted or caught for food

Extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry;