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Nay vs Ney - What's the difference?

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Ney is a alternative form of nay.



As nouns the difference between nay and ney

is that nay is a vote against while ney is a type of end-blown flute.

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 a verb nay

is to refuse.

As an adjective nay

is nary.

As an abbreviation NAY

is nayarit, a state of Mexico.

nay

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (archaic) no

    • Derived terms

    * nay-say * naysayer

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • 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 ,
    • [...] 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.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 18.
    • 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)
  • A vote against.
    • I vote nay , even though the motion is popular, because I would rather be right than popular.
  • A person who voted against.
    • The vote is 4 in favor and 20 opposed, the nays have it.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To refuse.
    • (Holinshed)

    Adjective

  • nary

    • Anagrams

    * * * *

    ney

    English

    (wikipedia ney)

    Alternative forms

    * nai * nay *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A type of end-blown flute.

    • Related terms

    * zurna