Cape vs. Bay

Cape vs. Bay — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Cape and Bay

Capenoun

(geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.

Baynoun

(obsolete) A berry.

Capenoun

A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.

Baynoun

Laurus nobilis, a tree or shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.

Capeverb

To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape.

Baynoun

Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.

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Capeverb

(nautical) To head or point; to keep a course.

The ship capes southwest by south.

Baynoun

The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.

Capeverb

To skin an animal, particularly a deer.

Baynoun

A tract covered with bay trees.

Capeverb

(uncommon) To wear a cape.

Baynoun

A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico.

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Capeverb

(obsolete) To look for, search after.

Baynoun

(geography) A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.

Capeverb

To gaze or stare.

The captain just caped mindlessly into the distance as his ship was hit by volley after volley.

Baynoun

A bank or dam to keep back water.

Capenoun

a strip of land projecting into a body of water

Baynoun

An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.

Capenoun

a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter

Baynoun

An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.

Baynoun

The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.

Baynoun

(nautical) Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.

Baynoun

(rail transport) A bay platform.

Baynoun

A bay window.

Baynoun

The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.

Baynoun

(by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.

Baynoun

(figuratively) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.

Baynoun

A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.

Baynoun

A horse of this color.

Bayverb

(intransitive) To howl.

Bayverb

(transitive) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.

to bay the bear

Bayverb

(transitive) To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.

Bayadjective

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

Baynoun

an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

Baynoun

the sound of a hound on the scent

Baynoun

small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors

Baynoun

a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital;

they put him in the sick bay

Baynoun

a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose;

he opened the bomb bay

Baynoun

a small recess opening off a larger room

Baynoun

a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color

Bayverb

utter in deep prolonged tones

Bayverb

bark with prolonged noises, of dogs

Bayadjective

(used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color