pay

As a verb pay

is to give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services or pay can be (nautical|transitive) to cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc; to smear.

As a noun pay

is money given in return for work; salary or wages.

As an adjective pay

is operable or accessible on deposit of coins.

As an acronym put is

(software|testing).

As an initialism put is

(electronics).

As nouns the difference between revenue and pay

is that revenue is the income returned by an investment while pay is money given in return for work; salary or wages.

As a verb pay is

to give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.

As an adjective pay is

operable or accessible on deposit of coins.

As nouns the difference between pay and paycheck

is that pay is money given in return for work; salary or wages while paycheck is money received on payday as payment for work performed.

As a verb pay

is to give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services or pay can be (nautical|transitive) to cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc; to smear.

As an adjective pay

is operable or accessible on deposit of coins.

In lang=en terms the difference between fork and pay

is that fork is to move with a fork (as hay or food) while pay is to suffer consequences.

As nouns the difference between fork and pay

is that fork is a pronged tool having a long straight handle, used for digging, lifting, throwing etc while pay is money given in return for work; salary or wages.

As verbs the difference between fork and pay

is that fork is to divide into two or more branches while pay is to give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services or pay can be (nautical|transitive) to cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc; to smear.

As an adjective pay is

operable or accessible on deposit of coins.

As verbs the difference between pay and paying

is that pay is to give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services or pay can be (nautical|transitive) to cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc; to smear while paying is .

As nouns the difference between pay and paying

is that pay is money given in return for work; salary or wages while paying is payment.

As an adjective pay

is operable or accessible on deposit of coins.

As verbs the difference between pay and offset

is that pay is to give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services or pay can be (nautical|transitive) to cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc; to smear while offset is to compensate for something.

As nouns the difference between pay and offset

is that pay is money given in return for work; salary or wages while offset is anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.

As an adjective pay

is operable or accessible on deposit of coins.

In lang=en terms the difference between invest and pay

is that invest is to make investments while pay is to suffer consequences.

As verbs the difference between invest and pay

is that invest is (dated) to clothe or wrap (with garments) while pay is to give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services or pay can be (nautical|transitive) to cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc; to smear.

As nouns the difference between invest and pay

is that invest is (meteorology) an unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system