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Dabble vs Foray - What's the difference?

dabble | foray |

As verbs the difference between dabble and foray

is that dabble is to partially wet (something) by splashing or dipping; connotes playfulness while foray is to scour (an area or place) for food, treasure, booty etc.

As a noun foray is

a sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

dabble

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To partially wet (something) by splashing or dipping; connotes playfulness.
    • The children sat on the dock and dabbled their feet in the water.
  • To participate or have an interest in an activity, but in a casual or superficial way.
    • She's an actress by trade, but has been known to dabble in poetry.

    Derived terms

    * dabble in * dabbler

    See also

    * dribble

    foray

    English

    (wikipedia foray)

    Alternative forms

    * forrey

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
  • A brief excursion or attempt especially outside one's accustomed sphere.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 27 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Bastian Schweinsteiger and Muller were among many who should have added the third, and City were limited to rare forays with the excellent Boateng pinching the ball off Aguero and Aleksandar Kolarov shooting wide in stoppage time. }}

    Verb

  • To scour (an area or place) for food, treasure, booty etc.
  • *:
    • Thenne on a tyme the kynge called syr florence a knyght / and sayd to hym they lacked vytaylle / and not ferre from hens ben grete forestes and woodes / wherin ben many of myn enemyes with moche bestyayl / I wyl that thou make the redy and goo thyder in foreyeng / and take with the syr Gawayn my neuew
  • To pillage; to ravage.