Bait vs Fry - What's the difference?
bait | fry |
Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.
A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
A light or hasty luncheon.
To attract with bait; to entice.
To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
* Washington Irving
To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
:to bait''' a bear with dogs; to '''bait a bull
To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.
*, Bk.V, Ch.ix:
*:And than they com into a lowe medow that was full of swete floures, and there thes noble knyghtes bayted her horses.
Of a horse or other animal: to take food, especially during a journey.
*, II.22:
*:King Cyrus , that he might more speedily receave news from al parts of his Empire (which was of exceeding great length), would needs have it tried how far a horse could in a day goe outright without baiting , at which distance he caused stations to be set up, and men to have fresh horses ready for al such as came to him.
To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
*Milton
*:Evil news rides post, while good news baits .
*Evelyn
*:My lord's coach conveyed me to Bury, and thence baiting at Newmarket.
(obsolete) To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.
* Shakespeare
To cook (something) in hot fat.
To cook in hot fat.
(colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
(informal) To be executed by the electric chair.
(informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
(usually in plural'' fries ) (''mainly Canada and US ) A fried potato.
(Ireland, British) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
(colloquial, archaic) A state of excitement.
Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
Young fish; fishlings.
* 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
(archaic) A swarm, especially of something small (a fry of children ).
The spawn of frogs.
As an adjective bait
is .As a proper noun fry is
.bait
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bait, beite, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- (Fairfax)
Usage notes
Used in Geordie dialect of English to denote your lunch at work as opposed to other meals. Also used in East Anglian dialect of English to denote a small meal taken mid-morning while farming, and in the North of England to denote a snack taken by miners to eat while working.Derived terms
* baiting * flamebait * jailbait * shark baitReferences
* * * * *Verb
(en verb)- a crooked pin bailed with a vile earthworm
Usage notes
* This verb is sometimes confused in writing with the rare verb (bate), which is pronounced identically; in particular, the expression (with bated breath) is frequently misspelled *(term) by writers unfamiliar with the verb (bate).Etymology 2
From (etyl) baiten, beiten, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)See also
*Etymology 3
(etyl) battre de l'aile'' or ''des ailes , to flap or flutter.Verb
(en verb)- Kites that bait and beat.
Anagrams
* ----fry
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) frien, from (etyl) frire, from (etyl)Verb
(en-verb)- You'll fry if you go out in this sun with no sunblock on.
- He's guilty of murder — he's going to fry.
- If you apply that much voltage, you'll fry the resistor.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* fried * frying * have other fish to fryNoun
(fries)- to be in a fry
Synonyms
* (fried potato''): chip (''Australia, New Zealand, UK ), fried potato * (meal of fried sausages, bacon, etc ): fry-upEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(fries)- it is not possible for man to sever the wheat from the tares, the good fish from the other frie ; that must be the Angels Ministery at the end of mortall things.