Booty vs Prey - What's the difference?
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(nautical) A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.
Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy.
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(figuratively) Something that has been stolen or legally obtained from elsewhere.
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(slang) The buttocks, usually that of a female.
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(slang, not countable) A woman, considered as sexual partner or sex object.
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(archaic) Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.
* Bible, Numbers xxxi. 12
That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.
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* Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
A living thing that is eaten by another living thing.
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The victim of a disease.
As nouns the difference between booty and prey
is that booty is a form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once while prey is anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.booty
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
(booties)- After returning from their Halloween trick-or-treating, the kids settled down to enjoy their booty of candies.
Coordinate terms
* lootEtymology 2
From buttNoun
(booties)- You got a big ol' booty .
- It’s my duty to please that booty .
Derived terms
* booty call * bootylicious * onion bootyEtymology 3
From .Noun
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Noun
- And they brought the captives, and the prey , and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest.
- Already sees herself the monster's prey .
- [The helmsman] steered with no end of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk
- The old lion perisheth for lack of prey .
William E. Conner
An Acoustic Arms Race, volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}
- Hog in sloth, fox in stealth, lion in prey .
