bay

In geography terms the difference between bay and bank

is that bay is a body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land while bank is a slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.

In rail transport terms the difference between bay and bank

is that bay is a bay platform while bank is an incline, a hill.

In intransitive terms the difference between bay and bank

is that bay is to howl while bank is to deal with a bank or financial institution.

In transitive terms the difference between bay and bank

is that bay is to pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds while bank is to raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.

As an adjective bay

is of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).

As a proper noun Bay

is a region of Somalia.

As an adverb bay

is brazenly.

As a noun reefs is

.

As a verb reefs is

(reef).

In obsolete terms the difference between shore and bay

is that shore is to set on shore while bay is a berry.

As an adjective bay is

of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).

In obsolete terms the difference between bay and cap

is that bay is a berry while cap is a respectful uncovering of the head.

In nautical terms the difference between bay and cap

is that bay is each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships while cap is a collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.

In transitive terms the difference between bay and cap

is that bay is to pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds while cap is to make something even more wonderful at the end.

In informal terms the difference between bay and cap

is that bay is San Francisco Bay while cap is an uppercase letter.

As an adjective bay

is of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).

As a proper noun Bay

is a region of Somalia.

As an initialism CAP is

(European Union) Common Agricultural Policy.

As a noun canal

is canal.

As an adverb bay is

brazenly.

As nouns the difference between dome and bay

is that dome is a structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere; a cupola while bay is a berry.

As a verb bay is

to howl.

As an adjective bay is

of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).

As a proper noun Bay is

a region of Somalia.

As an adverb bay is

brazenly.

In figuratively terms the difference between bay and ocean

is that bay is a state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible while ocean is an immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.

As nouns the difference between bay and ocean

is that bay is a berry while ocean is one of the five large bodies of water separating the continents.

As proper nouns the difference between bay and ocean

is that bay is a region of Somalia while Ocean is {{given name|female|from=English}} of modern usage.

As a verb bay

is to howl.

As an adjective bay

is of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).

In obsolete terms the difference between bay and dock

is that bay is a berry while dock is the buttocks or anus.

In intransitive terms the difference between bay and dock

is that bay is to howl while dock is to land at a harbour.

In transitive terms the difference between bay and dock

is that bay is to pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds while dock is to cut off, bar, or destroy.

As an adjective bay

is of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).

As nouns the difference between river and bay

is that river is a large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, ending at an ocean or in an inland sea while bay is a berry.

As verbs the difference between river and bay

is that river is to improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game while bay is to howl.

As proper nouns the difference between river and bay

is that river is a given name derived from English while Bay is a region of Somalia.

As an adjective bay is

of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).