Hoy vs Soy - What's the difference?
hoy | soy |
A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
* , II.x:
* Cowper
(label) to throw
A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water. US preference is the term soy sauce .
* 1902 — Annie R. Gregory, Woman's Favorite Cookbook , p381
Soybeans. Often used attributively.
As nouns the difference between hoy and soy
is that hoy is a small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port while soy is a chinese and japanese liquid sauce for fish, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water us preference is the term soy sauce .As an interjection hoy
is ho!, hallo!, stop!.As a verb hoy
is (label) to throw.hoy
English
Etymology 1
or (etyl) (m).Noun
(en noun)- He sent to Germanie, straunge aid to reare, / From whence eftsoones arriued here three hoyes / Of Saxons, whom he for his safetie imployes.
- The hoy went to London every week.
Etymology 2
, compare (ahoy).Etymology 3
Verb
References
* * * * * * * ----soy
English
Alternative forms
* soyaNoun
(-)- I like a little soy with my rice.
- Pour in four tablespoonfuls of sherry and four tablespoonfuls of soy , as much vinegar as the jar will hold, and cover closely until wanted.
- These candles are made from soy .
- The soy crop is looking good this year.
