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Missay vs Misstay - What's the difference?

missay | misstay |

As verbs the difference between missay and misstay

is that missay is to speak ill of (someone) while misstay is to become caught in irons when changing tack.

missay

English

Verb

  • (archaic) To speak ill of (someone).
  • (obsolete) To say something erroneous; to speak wrongly.
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.2:
  • *:The worde gone out she backe againe would call, / As her repenting so to have missayd [...].

    • misstay

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical) To become caught in irons when changing tack.