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stayed

Swayed vs Stayed - What's the difference?

swayed | stayed |


As verbs the difference between swayed and stayed

is that swayed is (sway) while stayed is (stay).

As an adjective swayed

is bent backwards, as in swayback.

Spayed vs Stayed - What's the difference?

spayed | stayed |


As verbs the difference between spayed and stayed

is that spayed is past tense of spay while stayed is past tense of stay.

Stayed vs Stay - What's the difference?

stayed | stay |


As verbs the difference between stayed and stay

is that stayed is (stay) while stay is (nautical) to incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays or stay can be to prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.

As a noun stay is

(nautical) a strong rope supporting a mast, and leading from the head of one mast down to some other, or other part of the vessel or stay can be a prop; a support.

As an adjective stay is

steep; ascending.

As an adverb stay is

steeply.

Stayed vs Staied - What's the difference?

stayed | staied |

Staied is often a misspelling of stayed.


Staied has no English definition.

As a verb stayed

is past tense of stay.

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