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Gay vs Nape - What's the difference?

gay | nape |

In obsolete terms the difference between gay and nape

is that gay is an ornament while nape is a tablecloth.

As nouns the difference between gay and nape

is that gay is a homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian while nape is the back part of the neck.

As verbs the difference between gay and nape

is that gay is to make happy or cheerful while nape is to bombard with napalm.

As a proper noun Gay

is {{surname|A=An|English|from=nicknames}}, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.

As an adjective gay

is happy, joyful, and lively.

gay

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • , originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
  • from the word gay, "joyful"; rare today.
  • . Also a shortened form of Gabriel, Gaylord and similar names, or transferred from the surname.
  • * 1992 , Unto the Sons , Ballantine Books 1993, ISBN 0804110336, page 15
    • - - - my father's father, Gaetano Talese ( whose name I inherited after my birth in 1932, in the anglicized from of "Gay "), was an atypically fearless traveler,
  • * 2004 , Bad Dirt , Fourth Estate, ISBN 0007196911, page 32
    • "Mr Gay Brawls. What a name."
    "It didn't use to mean what it means now. Plenty were named Gay'. Even in Nevada. Was old ' Gay Pitch had a gas station in Winnemucca. Nobody thought nothin about it and he raised a railroad car of kids.- - -

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    nape

    English

    (wikipedia nape)

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The back part of the neck.
    • Synonyms
    * (l), (l) (medicine) * (l), (l) * (l) (of a horse)

    See also

    * hindneck

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) nape, . More at (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A tablecloth.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 3

    Short for napalm.

    Verb

  • To bombard with napalm.

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