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Island vs Ay - What's the difference?

island | ay |

As a proper noun island

is iceland.

As a noun ay is

academic year.

island

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (nonstandard) * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
  • * 2002 , Gordon L. Rottman, World War 2 Pacific island guide
  • Sumatra is the second largest island in the East Indies and the fourth largest in the world covering 182,859 square miles.
  • An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
  • an island of tranquility (a calm place surrounded by a noisy environment)
    an island of colour on a butterfly's wing
  • * 1939 , Deseret News, October 27 1939, Roosevelt Reaffirms American Neutrality
  • King Leopold, speaking in fluent English during his six minute broadcast, said Belgium stood side by side with Holland "an Island of peace in the interests of all"
  • A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.
  • (chiefly, UK) A traffic island.
  • the island in the middle of a roundabout

    Synonyms

    * (land surrounded by water) (l), (l) * (an entity surrounded by other very different entities) oasis

    Derived terms

    * coney island * desert island * floating island * heat island * high island * interisland * islander * island dispenser * island display * island-hop * island position * island state * island universe * islandwide * islandy * low island * no man is an island * safety island * security island * the Island * sea-island * tidal island

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To surround with water; make into an island
  • * 1933 , Harriet Monroe, Poetry: Volume 42
  • We paused at little river cities along the way and walked upon their bushy dikes, and heard tales of overflows in flood seasons, when four feet or more of water islanded the houses.
  • To set, dot (as if) with islands
  • To isolate
  • * , (A Shropshire Lad), XXVII, lines 1-2
  • ''High the vanes of (Shrewsbury) gleam
    Islanded in Severn stream''.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    See also

    * archipelago * atoll * cay, key * continent * peninsula

    Statistics

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    ay

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Ah! alas!
  • ("yes")
  • * 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
  • *:"Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin, "thou seemest happy this merry morn."
  • *:"Ay , that am I," quoth the jolly Butcher, "and why should I not be so? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?"
  • (question tag)
  • Adverb

    (-)
  • Always; ever.
  • * 1670 , John Barbour, The Acts and Life of the most victorious Conquerour Robert Bruce King of Scotland'', as cited in 1860, Thomas Corser, ''Collectanea Anglo-poetica , page 160
  • O he that hath ay lived free, [...]

    Alternative forms

    * aye

    Adjective

    (-)
  • For an indefinite time.
  • Synonyms

    * always * continually * forever

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • ("yes")
  • counting the ays and the noes in a vote

    See also

    *

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