pray

As verbs the difference between pay and pray

is that pay is to give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services or pay can be (nautical|transitive) to cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc; to smear while pray is to petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being.

As a noun pay

is money given in return for work; salary or wages.

As an adjective pay

is operable or accessible on deposit of coins.

As an adverb pray is

please; used to make a polite request.

As a proper noun ray

is from a (etyl) nickname meaning a king or a roe.

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.

As a proper noun gray

is ; originally a nickname for someone with a gray beard or hair.

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.

As verbs the difference between pray and play

is that pray is to petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being while play is (lb) to act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.

As an adverb pray

is please; used to make a polite request.

As a noun play is

activity for amusement only, especially among the young.

As verbs the difference between hope and pray

is that hope is to want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might while pray is to petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being.

As a noun hope

is the belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.

As a proper noun Hope

is {{given name|female|from=English}} from the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by Puritans.

As an adverb pray is

please; used to make a polite request.

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

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.

As verbs the difference between watch and pray

is that watch is to look at, see, or view for a period of time while pray is to petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being.

As a noun watch

is a portable or wearable timepiece.

As an adverb pray is

please; used to make a polite request.

As verbs the difference between pray and recite

is that pray is to petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being while recite is to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, often before an audience.

As an adverb pray

is please; used to make a polite request.

In obsolete terms the difference between pray and preach

is that pray is to ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for while preach is a religious discourse.

As verbs the difference between pray and preach

is that pray is to petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being while preach is to give a sermon.

As an adverb pray

is please; used to make a polite request.

As a noun preach is

a religious discourse.

As verbs the difference between beseech and pray

is that beseech is to beg or implore while pray is to petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being.

As a noun beseech

is a request.

As an adverb pray is

please; used to make a polite request.