Spray vs Why - What's the difference?
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A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
A small branch of flowers or berries.
* Dryden
A collective body of small branches.
* Spenser
A pressurized container; an atomizer.
Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.
(medicine) A jet of fine medicated vapour, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.
(metalworking) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.
(metalworking) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
To project a liquid in a dispersive manner.
(figurative) To project many small items dispersively.
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For what cause, reason, or purpose.
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An exclamation used to express indignation, mild surprise, or impatience. "Well, I'll tell you...".
* Daniel Defoe
(UK, dialect) A young heifer.
As nouns the difference between spray and why
is that spray is spray while why is reason or why can be (uk|dialect) a young heifer.As an adverb why is
for what cause, reason, or purpose.As an interjection why is
an exclamation used to express indignation, mild surprise, or impatience "well, i'll tell you".spray
English
Noun
(en noun)- The sailor could feel the spray from the waves.
- The bridesmaid carried a spray of lily-of-the-valley.
- The painted birds, companions of the spring, / Hopping from spray to spray, were heard to sing.
- The tree has a beautiful spray .
- And from the trees did lop the needless spray .
- (Knight)
Derived terms
* body spray * bug spray * capiscum spray * cooking spray * feather spray * fly spray * hair spray * pepper spray * spray bottle * spray can * spray condenser * spray drain * spray gun * spray paint * vanishing sprayVerb
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- to spray the heap of a target process
Derived terms
* * sprayableAnagrams
* prays, raspy ----why
English
(wikipedia why)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) . See (l).Adverb
(-)- Why is the sky blue?
- Why did you do that?
- I don’t know why he did that
- Tell me why the moon changes phase.
- Why spend money on something you already get for free?
- Why not tell him how you feel?
- Why''' him? '''Why not someone taller?
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Synonyms
* how come, whereforeNoun
(en noun)- A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how .
Synonyms
* whereforeInterjection
(en interjection)- “Why , child, I tell thee if I was thy mother I would not disown thee; don't you see I am as kind to you as if I was your mother?”
Derived terms
* whyever * why in God's name * why not * why on Earth * whys and wherefores * why the Devil * why the dickens * why the fuckEtymology 2
Noun
(whies)- (Grose)