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Poy vs Posy - What's the difference?

poy | posy |

As nouns the difference between poy and posy

is that poy is a support structure while posy is a flower; a bouquet; a nosegay.

poy

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a support structure.
  • a balancing pole used by rope dancers
  • a long pole, normally with a hook, used to push barges upstream.

    • Related terms

    * teapoy ----

    posy

    English

    Noun

    (posies)
  • A flower; a bouquet; a nosegay.
  • *
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
  • A motto inscribed inside a ring.
  • * 1602 : , act III scene 2
    • Is this a prologue or the posy of a ring?

    See also

    * nosegay * corsage * bouquet