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Obey vs Bey - What's the difference?

obey | bey |

As a verb obey

is to do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.

As a noun bey is

a governor of a province or district in the turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg.

obey

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
  • To do as one is told.
  • (obsolete) To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.iv:
    • They were all taught by Triton, to obay / To the long raynes, at her commaundement [...].

    Antonyms

    * disobey * defy * rebel * resist * violate (especially rules )

    Related terms

    * obedience * obedient

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    bey

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg.
  • * 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 512:
    • She was chaperoned by the widow of a Bey whose son had been at Oxford with him, and this gave him the excuse to exchange a few words with her, and then to be presented to the Princess.
  • * 2005 , Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade , p. 15:
    • Whether his position with the Third Circle made the difference or the fact that he ranked as a bey , life in El Iskandryia was proving easier than he'd ever dreamed possible when he stepped off the plane.

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