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Gray vs Cray - What's the difference?

gray | cray |

As adjectives the difference between gray and cray

is that gray is having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember while cray is crazy.

As nouns the difference between gray and cray

is that gray is an achromatic colour intermediate between black and white while cray is a crayfish or lobster.

As a verb gray

is to become gray.

As a proper noun Gray

is {{surname|from=nicknames}}; originally a nickname for someone with a gray beard or hair.

gray

English

Alternative forms

* grey (used in the UK and the Commonwealth and also in the US)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ).

Adjective

(er) (spelled "grey" in the UK and the Commonwealth)
  • (label) Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
  • * Isaac Newton
  • (label) Dreary, gloomy.
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  • (label) Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
  • (label) Relating to older people.
  • * Ames
    • Usage notes
    A mnemonic for remembering which spelling is used where: gre'''y'' is the '''E'''nglish spelling, while ''gr'''a'''y'' is the '''A merican spelling. However, ''grey is also found in American English.
    Derived terms
    {{der3, battleship gray , gray area , graybeard , gray-haired , grayhound , grayness , gray ghost , gray matter}}

    Verb

    (en-verb) (spelled "grey" in the UK and the Commonwealth)
  • (label) To become gray.
  • (label) To cause to become gray.
  • To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic region.

    • Noun

  • (en noun) (spelled "grey" in the UK and the Commonwealth)
  • (label) An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
  • an extraterrestrial creature with grayish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.
  • A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language , second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 243

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    References

    Etymology 2

    Named after (Louis Harold Gray).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass. Symbol: Gy
    • Derived terms
    * kilogray
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    cray

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A crayfish or lobster.

    • Etymology 2

    From crazy by shortening.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang) Crazy.
  • * 2010 , Cory Giger, " NFL commish slaps Steelers in face with weak punishment of Seymour", The Altoona Mirror (Altoona, Pennsylvania), 23 November 2010:
    • That small of a fine for that kind of blatant disregard is cray .
  • * 2012 , " Sharm x Savoy + Kiss = Happy RWD", Fazer , Issue 127, September 2012, page 80:
    • Before his set, RWD somehow found time to back a quick vodka shot in the Ice Bar downstairs - yes we're aware an ice bar in the desert is cray .
  • * 2013 , Dani Kellner, " 20 Things Your Ten Year Old Self Could Do at Cornell", Slope , Spring 2013, page 18:
    • Also, make sure you look both ways first, because the traffic is cray .
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