Path vs Ay - What's the difference?
path | ay |
A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
* (John Dryden)
* , chapter=1
, title= A course taken.
* 1900 , , , Chapter I,
(paganism) A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.
A metaphorical course.
A method or direction of proceeding.
* Bible, Psalms xxv. 10
* Gray
(computing) A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL
(graph theory) A sequence of vertices]] from one vertex to another using the arcs ([[edge, edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path , where only the first and the last vertex are the same).
(topology) A continuous map from the unit interval to a topological space .
To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).
* Drayton
Ah! alas!
("yes")
* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
*:"Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin, "thou seemest happy this merry morn."
*:"Ay , that am I," quoth the jolly Butcher, "and why should I not be so? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?"
(question tag)
Always; ever.
* 1670 , John Barbour, The Acts and Life of the most victorious Conquerour Robert Bruce King of Scotland'', as cited in 1860, Thomas Corser, ''Collectanea Anglo-poetica , page
For an indefinite time.
As nouns the difference between path and ay
is that path is a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians while ay is academic year.As a verb path
is to make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).path
English
(wikipedia path)Noun
(en noun)- The dewy paths of meadows we will tread.
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- Just before Warwick reached Liberty Point, a young woman came down Front Street from the direction of the market-house. When their paths converged, Warwick kept on down Front Street behind her, it having been already his intention to walk in this direction.
- All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth.
- The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Synonyms
* (1): track, trail; see alsoDerived terms
* bridle path * cross paths * cycle path * footpath * path of least resistance * pathwayVerb
(en verb)- pathing young Henry's unadvised ways
References
* Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; June 2005]Anagrams
* * 1000 English basic wordsay
English
Interjection
(en interjection)Adverb
(-)160
- O he that hath ay lived free, [...]