Nab vs Nay - What's the difference?
nab | nay |
To seize, arrest or take into custody a criminal or fugitive
To grab or snatch something
The summit of an eminence.
The cock of a gunlock.
(locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
(archaic) no
or even, or more like, or should I say. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.
* His face was dirty, nay filthy.
* 1663 ,
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 18.
A vote against.
A person who voted against.
nary
As verbs the difference between nab and nay
is that nab is to seize, arrest or take into custody a criminal or fugitive while nay is to refuse.As nouns the difference between nab and nay
is that nab is the summit of an eminence while nay is a vote against.As an initialism NAB
is National Australia Bank.As an adverb nay is
no.As a conjunction nay is
or even, or more like, or should I say. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.As an adjective nay is
nary.As an abbreviation NAY is
nayarit, a state of Mexico.nab
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(nabb)Synonyms
* (To arrest a criminal or fugitive) nick, bustDerived terms
* nabber * kidnapEtymology 2
Compare knap, knop, knob.Noun
(en noun)- (Halliwell)
- (Knight)
- (Knight)
nay
English
Adverb
(-)Derived terms
* nay-say * naysayerConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- [...] And proved not only horse, but cows, / Nay pigs, were of the elder house: / For beasts, when man was but a piece / Of earth himself, did th' earth possess.
- And even in our wildest and most wandering reveries, nay in our very dreams, we shall find, if we reflect, that the imagination ran not altogether at adventures,
Noun
(en noun)- I vote nay , even though the motion is popular, because I would rather be right than popular.
- The vote is 4 in favor and 20 opposed, the nays have it.