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Buy vs Buoy - What's the difference?

buy | buoy |

In transitive terms the difference between buy and buoy

is that buy is to be equivalent to in value while buoy is to mark with a buoy.

buy

English

Verb

  • To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
  • * Benjamin Franklin
    • Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.
  • To obtain by some sacrifice.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 23
    • Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
  • To bribe.
  • To be equivalent to in value.
  • (informal) to accept as true; to believe
  • To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)
  • (poker slang) To make a bluff, usually a large one.

    • Synonyms

    * purchase * (accept as true) accept, believe, swallow (informal), take on * make a buy

    Antonyms

    * sell, vend * (accept as true) disbelieve, reject, pitch

    Derived terms

    * bring-and-buy * buyable * buyer * buy back * buy into * buy it * buy to let * buy off * buy out * buy someone off * buy someone out * buy straw hats in winter * buy the farm * buy time * buy up * can I buy you a drink * impulse buy * money can't buy happiness * outbuy * rebuy

    Related terms

    * aby

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something which is bought; a purchase.

    • Antonyms

    * sale

    Derived terms

    * buydown * buyout * impulse buy

    References

    * * English irregular verbs English verbs with two objects 1000 English basic words

    buoy

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia buoy) (en noun)
  • (nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.
  • A life-buoy.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To keep afloat or aloft; used with up .
  • To support or maintain at a high level.
  • * Burke
    • Those old prejudices, which buoy up the ponderous mass of his nobility, wealth, and title.
  • To mark with a buoy.
    • to buoy''' an anchor; to '''buoy''' or '''buoy off a channel
  • * Darwin
    • Not one rock near the surface was discovered which was not buoyed by this floating weed.
  • To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence
  • * 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban'' (in ''The Guardian , 6 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/06/england-moldova-world-cup-qualifier-matchreport]
    • It ended up being a bittersweet night for England, full of goals to send the crowd home happy, buoyed by the news that Montenegro and Poland had drawn elsewhere in Group H but also with a measure of regret about what happened to Danny Welbeck and what it means for Roy Hodgson's team going into a much more difficult assignment against Ukraine.
    Buoyed by the huge success, they announced two other projects.
    Derived terms
    * buoy up

    Derived terms

    * buoy up * can buoy * conical buoy * bell buoy * ring buoy * life buoy * breeches buoy