The difference between Boy and Page
When used as nouns, boy means a male child or teenager, as distinguished from infants or adults, whereas page means one of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
When used as verbs, boy means to use the word boy to refer to someone, whereas page means to mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript.
Boy is also interjection with the meaning: exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.
check bellow for the other definitions of Boy and Page
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Boy as a noun:
A young male, particularly A male child or teenager, as distinguished from infants or adults.
Examples:
"Kate is dating a boy named Jim."
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Boy as a noun (diminutive):
A male child: a son of any age.
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Boy as a noun (affectionate, diminutive):
A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker.
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Boy as a noun (obsolete):
A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave.
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Boy as a noun (now, rare, and, usually, offensive, _, outside some Commonwealth nations):
A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly: A younger such worker. A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address. A male camp follower.
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Boy as a noun (now, offensive):
Any non-white male, regardless of age.
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Boy as a noun:
A male animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male dog.
Examples:
"C'mere, boy! Good boy! Who's a good boy?"
"Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?"
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Boy as a noun (historical, military):
A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
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Boy as a noun (US, slang):
Heroin.
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Boy as a verb:
to use the word boy to refer to someone
Examples:
"Don't boy me!"
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Boy as a verb (transitive):
to act as a boy
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Page as a noun:
One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
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Page as a noun:
One side of a paper leaf on which one has written or printed.
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Page as a noun:
A figurative record or writing; a collective memory.
Examples:
"the page of history"
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Page as a noun (typesetting):
The type set up for printing a page.
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Page as a noun (Internet):
A web page.
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Page as a noun (computing):
A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.
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Page as a verb (transitive):
To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript.
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Page as a verb (intransitive, often with “through”):
To turn several pages of a publication.
Examples:
"The patient paged through magazines while he waited for the doctor."
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Page as a verb (transitive):
To furnish with folios.
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Page as a noun (obsolete):
A serving boy – a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education.
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Page as a noun (British):
A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.
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Page as a noun (US, Canada):
A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
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Page as a noun (in libraries):
The common name given to an employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.
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Page as a noun:
A boy child.
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Page as a noun:
A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground.
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Page as a noun:
A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
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Page as a noun:
Any one of several species of colorful South American moths of the genus Urania.
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Page as a verb (transitive):
To attend (someone) as a page.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Page as a verb (transitive, US, obsolete, _, in UK):
To call or summon (someone).
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Page as a verb (transitive):
To contact (someone) by means of a pager or other mobile device.
Examples:
"I’ll be out all day, so page me if you need me."
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Page as a verb (transitive):
To call (somebody) using a public address system so as to find them.
Examples:
"An SUV parked me in. Could you please page its owner?"