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Spying vs Spaying - What's the difference?

spying | spaying |

As verbs the difference between spying and spaying

is that spying is present participle of lang=en while spaying is present participle of spay.

As nouns the difference between spying and spaying

is that spying is espionage while spaying is the act or operation of neutering an animal; normally used in reference to performing the operation on a female.

spying

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • espionage
  • * 1980 , Amélie Rorty, Explaining Emotions (page 472)
    • There are two ways in which the obsessive character of jealousy tends to exert itself: one is in the need to know, the endless tests and investigations and spyings that are so characteristic of jealousy.

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    spaying

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or operation of neutering an animal; normally used in reference to performing the operation on a female.
    • The veterinary surgeon carries out spayings almost every day.