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Pacy vs Paly - What's the difference?

pacy | paly |

As adjectives the difference between pacy and paly

is that pacy is while paly is (heraldry) vertically striped or paly can be (obsolete) pale; lacking colour.

pacy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=They looked pacy and powerful in attack and opened the scoring when Ba scored his fourth goal in two games when he headed in Cabaye's corner from the left.}}

    paly

    English

    Etymology 1

    Compare (etyl) . See (pale) a stake.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (heraldry) vertically striped

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) pale; lacking colour
  • * 1593 , , III. ii. 141:
    • Fain would I go to chafe his paly lips / With twenty thousand kisses,
    (Whittier)