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Bye vs. By

Bye

/baɪ/

A term used to express farewell or good wishes before departing.

Examples:

There were five byes."Bye," Floyd said.'Good bye, Sir.'

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By

Used to show the person or thing that does something

Examples:

I have you, that by the collar!For a moment I feared they would pass by.He went down on the floor by her chair.

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This word has no antonyms

Ways to tell them apart:

Bye is a casual way to say goodbye—think of it as short for goodbye.
By is a preposition often used to indicate proximity, direction, or manner; a shortcut to remember is that it often shows how something is done.
When you leave a friend, you say Bye; when you describe how you went somewhere, you might say by bus.

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