Roy vs. Rot — What's the Difference?

Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin. In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman roy, meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, rey or roy (modern roi), likewise gave rise to Roy as a variant in the Francophone world.

(chiefly of animal or vegetable matter) decay or cause to decay by the action of bacteria and fungi; decompose

A king.

Make fun of; tease

(obsolete) Royal.

The process of decaying

A king.

A process of deterioration; a decline in standards

Royal.

Nonsense; rubbish

To undergo decomposition, especially organic decomposition; decay.

To become damaged, weakened, or useless because of decay

To disappear or fall by decaying

To deteriorate through neglect or inactivity; languish or decline

To decay morally; become degenerate.

To cause to decompose or decay.

The process of rotting or the condition of being rotten

Foot rot.

Any of several plant diseases characterized by the breakdown of tissue and caused by various bacteria, fungi, or oomycetes.

Pointless talk; nonsense

(Archaic) Any of various diseases causing the decay of flesh.

(intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.

(intransitive) To decline in function or utility.

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.

(transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.

To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).

(transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.

To talk nonsense.

The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.

Decaying matter.

Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.

(uncountable) Verbal nonsense.

To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay.

Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt.

To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber.

To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.

Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.

A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below.

A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2.

Decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

(biology) decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action

Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

Break down;

Waste away;