Pram vs Pray - What's the difference?

pram | pray |

As a noun pram

is a barge (boat).

As a verb pray is

to petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being.

As an adverb pray is

please; used to make a polite request.

pram

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of (perambulator).

Noun

(en noun)

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position; a perambulator.

* 1975 , , The Realms of Gold , 1977, page 127,

Janet Bird née Ollerenshaw was pushing her pram along Tockley High Street.

* 2006 , , unnumbered page,

For a start the pram' was heavier than it appeared, and also they were pulling it along very uneven ground. The edge of the field was slightly banked which tilted the ' pram at an angle.

* 2012 , , Dark Companions , page 233,

Stepping over her, he unbuttoned the pram ?s apron and pulled it back.

At first he couldn?t make out what the pram' contained. He had to crane himself over, holding his body back from the obscuring light. The ' pram was full of groceries—cabbage, sprouts, potatoes.

Synonyms

* (US) baby carriage

Coordinate terms

* (vehicle in which an infant or toddler is pushed in sitting position) baby buggy, pushchair, pusher, stroller

Derived terms

* doll's pram

Etymology 2

From (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* prahm

Noun

(en noun)

(nautical, historical) A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.

(nautical, historical) A similar barge used as platform for cannons in shallow waters which seagoing warships cannot enter.

A type of dinghy with a flat bow.

* 1979 August, F. M. Paulson, Car-topable Craft'', '' , page 50,

Although the pram', like the johnboat, has a squared-off bow as well as stern, the bow lines on the ' pram will be narrower than those encountered on a johnboat.

* 1994 , Dave Hughes, Fly Fishing Basics , unnumbered page,

Nothing can beat the simple pleasure of paddling a pram around on a foggy dawn, probing pad flats, stumps and fallen logs for lurking bass.

Anagrams

* * * English heteronyms English terms with multiple etymologies ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

Noun

ferry

Declension

{{sh-decl-noun , pram, pramovi , prama, pramova , pramu, pramovima , pram, pramove , prame, pramovi , pramu, pramovima , pramom, pramovima }}

References

pray

English

Verb

(en verb)

To petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being.

Muslims pray in the direction of Mecca.

To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.

(religion) to communicate with God for any reason.

(obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.

* Shakespeare

I know not how to pray your patience.

Derived terms

* prayer * pray in aid

Adverb

(-)

please; used to make a polite request.

pray silence for…

* 1816 , (Jane Austen), , Volume 1 Chapter 8

"Pray , Mr. Knightley," said Emma, who had been smiling to herself through a great part of this speech, "how do you know that Mr. Martin did not speak yesterday?"

* Charles Dickens, , 1841:

Pray''' don’t ask me why, '''pray''' don’t be sorry, '''pray don’t be vexed with me!

* Frederick Marryat, , 1845:

Well, Major, pray tell us your adventures, for you have frightened us dreadfully.

* 1892 , (Arthur Conan Doyle),

Thank you. I am sorry to have interrupted you. Pray continue your most interesting statement.

* 2013 , Martina Hyde, Is the pope Catholic?'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/20/is-pope-catholic-atheists-gay-people-abortion]

He is a South American, so perhaps revolutionary spirit courses through Francis's veins. But what, pray , does the Catholic church want with doubt?