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Frayed vs Wrayed - What's the difference?

frayed | wrayed |

As verbs the difference between frayed and wrayed

is that frayed is (fray) while wrayed is (wray).

As an adjective frayed

is unravelled, worn at the end or edge.

frayed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unravelled, worn at the end or edge.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (fray)

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    wrayed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wray)

    • wray

    English

    Alternative forms

    * wreye (obsolete)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To denounce (a person).
  • (obsolete) To reveal (a secret).
  • * Late 14th century: no thyng dorste he seye, / Save in his songes somwhat wolde he wreye / His wo — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales
  • (obsolete) To betray.

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