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Spay vs Spritz - What's the difference?

spay | spritz |

As verbs the difference between spay and spritz

is that spay is to remove or destroy the ovaries (of an animal) so that it cannot become pregnant while spritz is to spray, sprinkle, or squirt lightly.

As nouns the difference between spay and spritz

is that spay is while spritz is a sprinkling or spray of liquid; a small amount of liquid.

spay

English

Etymology 1

From the (etyl) espeier, equivalent to the (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l) * (l)

Verb

  • To remove or destroy the ovaries (of an animal) so that it cannot become pregnant.
    • Synonyms
    * castrate, emasculate (for a male) * geld * neuter * sterilize (used for all species and for both genders)

    References

    * “ spay, v.'']” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989

    Etymology 2

    See spayard.

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • References

    * “ spay]” listed as a variant spelling of “[http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50232517 spaya(r)d, spayd]”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989

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    spritz

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A sprinkling or spray of liquid; a small amount of liquid.
    • Fish is good with a spritz of lemon juice.

    Verb

    (es)
  • To spray, sprinkle, or squirt lightly.
    • It's hard to keep hair in a specific hairdo when you just spritz only a little bit of hair spray.

    See also

    * spritzer