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Deray vs Denay - What's the difference?

deray | denay |

In obsolete terms the difference between deray and denay

is that deray is merriment while denay is denial; refusal.

As a verb denay is

to deny, refuse.

deray

English

Noun

  • (obsolete) disorder
  • (obsolete) merriment
    • (Webster 1913)

    denay

    English

    Noun

  • (obsolete) denial; refusal
    • (Shakespeare)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To deny, refuse.
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:That with great rage he stoutly doth denay .
  • *1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), XII, xxvii:
  • *:Preserve this babe, whose mother must denay / To nourish it, preserve this harmless child.
    • (Webster 1913)