Nay vs Zay - What's the difference?

nay | zay |

As an abbreviation nay

is nayarit, a state of mexico.

As a pronoun zay is

As a verb zay is

nay

English

Adverb

(-)

(archaic) no

Derived terms

* nay-say * naysayer

Conjunction

(English Conjunctions)

or even, or more like, or should I say. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.

* His face was dirty, nay filthy.

* 1663 ,

[...] And proved not only horse, but cows, / Nay pigs, were of the elder house: / For beasts, when man was but a piece / Of earth himself, did th' earth possess.

* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 18.

And even in our wildest and most wandering reveries, nay in our very dreams, we shall find, if we reflect, that the imagination ran not altogether at adventures,

Noun

(en noun)
A vote against.

I vote nay , even though the motion is popular, because I would rather be right than popular.

A person who voted against.

The vote is 4 in favor and 20 opposed, the nays have it.

Verb

(en verb)
(obsolete) To refuse.

(Holinshed)

Adjective

nary

Anagrams

* * * *

zay
English

Pronoun
(English Pronouns)

* {{quote-book, year=1918, author=Randall Parrish, title=Wolves of the Sea citation
, passage=I know vat zay do.}}
* {{quote-news, year=1998, date=March 27, author=William Upski Wimsatt, title=Anonymous Benefactor, work=Chicago Reader citation
, passage=He said, 'Students today, zay don't care about zee big issues.' }}
Verb
(head)

* {{quote-book, year=1868, author=F. Colburn Adams, title=The Von Toodleburgs citation
, passage=Wiz you to zay so many good zings to me, my heart shall be in ze paradise.}}