Sound vs. Bay

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

Soundadjective

Healthy.

He was safe and sound.In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.

Baynoun

(obsolete) A berry.

Soundadjective

Complete, solid, or secure.

Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.

Baynoun

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

Soundadjective

Having the property of soundness.

Baynoun

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

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Soundadjective

Good; acceptable; decent.

"How are you?" - "I'm sound."That's a sound track you're playing.See that man over there? He's sound. You should get to know him.

Baynoun

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

Soundadjective

(of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.

Her sleep was sound.

Baynoun

A tract covered with bay trees.

Soundadjective

Heavy; laid on with force.

a sound beating

Baynoun

A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico.

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Soundadjective

Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.

a sound title to land

Baynoun

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

Soundadverb

Soundly.

Baynoun

A bank or dam to keep back water.

Soundinterjection

Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.

- I found my jacket.
- Sound.

Baynoun

An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.

Soundnoun

A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.

He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.Nobody made a sound.

Baynoun

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

Soundnoun

A vibration capable of causing such sensations.

Baynoun

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

Soundnoun

(music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc

Baynoun

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

Soundnoun

Noise without meaning; empty noise.

Baynoun

(rail transport) A bay platform.

Soundnoun

(geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.

Puget Sound; Owen Sound

Baynoun

A bay window.

Soundnoun

The air bladder of a fish.

Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

Baynoun

The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.

Soundnoun

A cuttlefish.

Baynoun

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

Soundnoun

(medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.

Baynoun

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

Soundnoun

A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.

Baynoun

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

Soundverb

(intransitive) To produce a sound.

When the horn sounds, take cover.

Baynoun

A horse of this color.

Soundverb

(copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.

He sounded good when we last spoke.That story sounds like a pack of lies!

Bayverb

(intransitive) To howl.

Soundverb

(intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.

Bayverb

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

to bay the bear

Soundverb

To resound.

Bayverb

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

Soundverb

To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.

Bayadjective

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

Soundverb

(transitive) To cause to produce a sound.

He sounds the instrument.

Baynoun

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

Soundverb

To pronounce.

The "e" in "house" isn't sounded.

Baynoun

the sound of a hound on the scent

Soundverb

(intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.

The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.

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

Soundverb

To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.

When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.

Baynoun

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

they put him in the sick bay

Soundverb

Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.

Baynoun

a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose;

he opened the bomb bay

Soundverb

(medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.

to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra

Baynoun

a small recess opening off a larger room

Soundnoun

the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause;

the sound of rain on the roofthe beautiful sound of music

Baynoun

a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color

Soundnoun

the subjective sensation of hearing something;

he strained to hear the faint sounds

Bayverb

utter in deep prolonged tones

Soundnoun

mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium;

falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them

Bayverb

bark with prolonged noises, of dogs

Soundnoun

the sudden occurrence of an audible event;

the sound awakened them

Bayadjective

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

Soundnoun

the audible part of a transmitted signal;

they always raise the audio for commercials

Soundnoun

(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

Soundnoun

a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

Soundnoun

a large ocean inlet or deep bay;

the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast

Soundverb

appear in a certain way;

This sounds interesting

Soundverb

make a certain noise or sound;

She went `Mmmmm'The gun went `bang'

Soundverb

give off a certain sound or sounds;

This record sounds scratchy

Soundverb

announce by means of a sound;

sound the alarm

Soundverb

utter with vibrating vocal chords

Soundverb

cause to sound;

sound the bellsound a certain note

Soundverb

measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

Soundadjective

financially secure and safe;

sound investmentsa sound economy

Soundadjective

exercising or showing good judgment;

healthy scepticisma healthy fear of rattlesnakesthe healthy attitude of French lawshealthy relations between labor and managementan intelligent solutiona sound approach to the problemsound adviceno sound explanation for his decision

Soundadjective

in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay;

a sound timberthe wall is sounda sound foundation

Soundadjective

in excellent physical condition;

good teethI still have one good lega sound mind in a sound body

Soundadjective

reflects weight of sound argument or evidence;

a sound argument

Soundadjective

having legal efficacy or force;

a sound title to the property

Soundadjective

free from moral defect;

a man of sound character

Soundadjective

(of sleep) deep and complete;

a heavy sleepfell into a profound sleepa sound sleeperdeep wakeless sleep

Soundadjective

thorough;

a sound thrashing

Soundadverb

deeply or completely;

slept soundly through the stormis sound asleep