Jay vs Joy - What's the difference?
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Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus'', ''Cyanocitta , allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, usually having a crest, and often noisy.
Other birds of similar appearance and behavior.
(archaic) A dull or ignorant person.
(slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
* 2009 , (Caitlin Moran), The Times , 23 Mar 2009:
A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.
* , chapter=10
, title= Anything that causes such a feeling.
* Bible, 1 Thess. ii. 20
* Keats
(obsolete) The sign or exhibition of joy; gaiety; merriment; festivity.
* Spenser
* Dryden
To feel joy, to rejoice.
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*:for oftymes or this oure lord shewed hym vnto good men and vnto good knyghtes in lykenes of an herte But I suppose from hens forth ye shalle see no more / and thenne they Ioyed moche / and dwelled ther alle that day / And vpon the morowe whan they had herde masse / they departed and commaunded the good man to god
*1885 , Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , Night 18:
*:I swore readily enough to this and he joyed with exceeding joy and embraced me round the neck while love for him possessed my whole heart.
(archaic) To enjoy.
*1596 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , IV.i.2:
*:For from the time that Scudamour her bought, / In perilous fight, she neuer ioyed day.
*Milton
*:Who might have lived and joyed immortal bliss.
(obsolete) To give joy to; to congratulate.
*Dryden
*:Joy us of our conquest.
*Prior
*:To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe.
(obsolete) To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
*Shakespeare
*:Neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits.
As nouns the difference between jay and joy
is that jay is any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus, Cyanocitta, allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, usually having a crest, and often noisy while joy is a feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.As proper nouns the difference between jay and joy
is that jay is a nickname for James, Jason, or for any male name beginning with a "J"; also used as a formal given name while Joy is {{given name|female|from=English}}.As a verb joy is
to feel joy, to rejoice.jay
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) jay, from (etyl) jai . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- Although sympathetic, my main reaction was to think: “Some people can handle it, and some people can’t,” and then smugly light up a big fat jay .
Synonyms
* (bird) Jenny jay, jay pie, k, kae (UK); bluejay, whisky jack (US)Hyponyms
* (bird) Old World jay, gray jay, American jaySee also
* (projectlink) * (Corvidae)Derived terms
* blue jay, bluejay * Canada jay * California jay * Florida jay * green jay * jay thrush * jaywalkerEtymology 2
Respelling of the letter .See also
*Derived terms
* deejay * jayceeReferences
*joy
English
(wikipedia joy)Noun
- a child's joy on Christmas morning
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
- Ye are our glory and joy .
- A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
- Such joy made Una, when her knight she found.
- The roofs with joy resound.