The difference between Bone and Stay

When used as nouns, bone means a composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates, whereas stay means continuance or a period of time spent in a place.

When used as verbs, bone means to prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from, whereas stay means to prop.

When used as adjectives, bone means of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone, whereas stay means steep.

Stay is also adverb with the meaning: steeply.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bone and Stay

  1. Bone as a noun (uncountable):

    A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.

  2. Bone as a noun (countable):

    Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.

  3. Bone as a noun:

    A bone of a fish; a fishbone.

  4. Bone as a noun:

    A bonefish

  5. Bone as a noun:

    One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.

  6. Bone as a noun:

    One of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music.

  7. Bone as a noun:

    Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.

  8. Bone as a noun (figurative):

    The framework of anything.

  9. Bone as a noun:

    An off-white colour, like the colour of bone.

    Examples:

    "color paneE4D4BA"

  10. Bone as a noun (US, informal):

    A dollar.

  11. Bone as a noun (American football, informal):

    The wishbone formation.

  12. Bone as a noun (slang):

    An erect penis; a boner.

  13. Bone as a noun (slang, mostly, plural):

    A domino or dice.

  1. Bone as an adjective:

    Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.

  1. Bone as a verb:

    To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.

  2. Bone as a verb:

    To fertilize with bone.

  3. Bone as a verb:

    To put whalebone into.

    Examples:

    "to bone stays"

    "rfquotek Ash"

  4. Bone as a verb (civil engineering):

    To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.

    Examples:

    "[[boning rod]]"

  5. Bone as a verb (vulgar, slang, usually of a man):

    To have sexual intercourse with.

  6. Bone as a verb (Australia, dated, in [[Aboriginal]] culture):

    To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.

  7. Bone as a verb (usually with "up"):

    To study.

    Examples:

    "[[bone up]]"

  8. Bone as a verb:

    To polish boots to a shiny finish.

  1. Bone as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To apprehend, steal.

  1. Bone as a verb (carpentry, masonry, surveying):

    To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  1. Bone as a noun (slang):

  1. Stay as a verb (transitive):

    To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.

  2. Stay as a verb (transitive):

    To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.

  3. Stay as a verb (transitive):

    To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.

  4. Stay as a verb (transitive):

    To restrain; withhold; check; stop.

  5. Stay as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to cease; to put an end to.

  6. Stay as a verb (transitive):

    To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.

    Examples:

    "The governor stayed the execution until the appeal could be heard."

  7. Stay as a verb (transitive):

    To hold the attention of.

  8. Stay as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.

  9. Stay as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To wait for; await.

  10. Stay as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.

  11. Stay as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To rest; depend; rely.

  12. Stay as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To stop; come to a stand or standstill.

  13. Stay as a verb (intransitive, archaic):

    To come to an end; cease.

    Examples:

    "That day the storm stayed."

  14. Stay as a verb (intransitive, archaic):

    To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.

  15. Stay as a verb (intransitive, dated):

    To make a stand; to stand firm.

  16. Stay as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end.

    Examples:

    "That horse stays well."

  17. Stay as a verb (intransitive):

    To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.

    Examples:

    "We stayed in Hawaii for a week.  I can only stay for an hour."

  18. Stay as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To wait; rest in patience or expectation.

  19. Stay as a verb (intransitive, obsolete, used with ''on'' or ''upon''):

    To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.

  20. Stay as a verb (intransitive):

    To continue to have a particular quality.

    Examples:

    "Wear gloves so your hands stay warm."

  21. Stay as a verb (intransitive, US South, AAVE, colloquial, non-standard):

    To live; reside

    Examples:

    "Hey, where do you stay at?"

  1. Stay as a noun:

    Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time; sojourn.

    Examples:

    "I hope you enjoyed your stay in Hawaii."

  2. Stay as a noun:

    A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.

    Examples:

    "The governor granted a stay of execution."

  3. Stay as a noun (archaic):

    A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.

    Examples:

    "stand at a stay"

  4. Stay as a noun:

    A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.

  5. Stay as a noun (nautical):

    A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.

  6. Stay as a noun:

    Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.

  7. Stay as a noun (obsolete):

    Hindrance; let; check.

  1. Stay as a noun:

    A prop; a support.

  2. Stay as a noun:

    A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.

    Examples:

    "Where are the stays for my collar?"

  3. Stay as a noun:

    (plural) A corset

  4. Stay as a noun (archaic):

    A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.

  1. Stay as a noun (nautical):

    A strong rope supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.

  2. Stay as a noun:

    A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.

    Examples:

    "The engineer insisted on using stays for the scaffolding."

  3. Stay as a noun (chain-cable):

    The transverse piece in a link.

  1. Stay as a verb:

    To brace or support with a stay or stays

    Examples:

    "stay a mast"

  2. Stay as a verb (transitive, nautical):

    To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.

  3. Stay as a verb (transitive, nautical):

    To tack; put on the other tack.

    Examples:

    "to stay ship"

  4. Stay as a verb (intransitive, nautical):

    To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.

  1. Stay as an adjective (UK, _, dialectal):

    Steep; ascending.

  2. Stay as an adjective (UK, _, dialectal):

    Steeply pitched.

  3. Stay as an adjective (UK, _, dialectal):

    Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.

  4. Stay as an adjective (UK, _, dialectal):

    Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.

  1. Stay as an adverb (UK, _, dialectal):

    Steeply.

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