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Flab vs Flay - What's the difference?

flab | flay |

As nouns the difference between flab and flay

is that flab is (informal) soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat while flay is a fright; a scare.

As a verb flay is

to cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening) or flay can be to strip skin off.

flab

English

Noun

(-)
  • (informal) Soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat.

    • flay

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) flayen, flaien, fleien, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (Yorkshire) * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
  • To frighten; scare; terrify.
  • To be fear-stricken.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fright; a scare.
  • Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) flean from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • to strip skin off
  • to lash
    • Synonyms
    * (remove the skin of) fleece, flense, skin

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