Noy vs Roy - What's the difference?
noy | roy |
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To annoy; to vex.
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* 2003 Minette Walters: Disordered Minds . Macmillan. ISBN 1741142121 page 173:
A city in Utah.
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In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between noy and roy
is that noy is (obsolete) that which annoys while roy is (obsolete) royal.As nouns the difference between noy and roy
is that noy is (obsolete) that which annoys while roy is (obsolete) a king.As a verb noy
is (obsolete|uk|dialect) to annoy; to vex.As an adjective roy is
(obsolete) royal.noy
English
Verb
(en verb)- (Piers Plowman)
- All that noyed his heavy spright.
roy
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- - - - The real pity is that the only name William Burton remembers is Roy ...it was a popular name in the fifties and sixties so there were probably quite a few of them."
- "Not that popular," said George. "Surely it's Roy Trent?"
- "Roy' Rogers...'''Roy''' Orbison... '''Roy''' of the Rovers...' Roy Castle..."
- "At least one of those was a comic-book character," said Andrew.
- "So? Bill Clinton and David Beckham named their children after places. All I'm saying is we can't assume Roy' Trent from ' Roy ."