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Pray vs. Prey
Pray
/preɪ/Examples:
Oh please, God, let it be true, she prayed.So Mrs. Griffiths, alternately praying and crying as she walked.Pray let me put this wrapper of mine about you.
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This word has no antonymsPrey
/preɪ/Examples:
'The Hotel Savoy has fallen prey to me, brother,' he said."The king," he said, "is a prey to jealousy and uneasiness."He has fallen prey to the Hotel Savoy.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Remember that pray has an a, which relates to Amen, something often said after a prayer.
- Prey has an e, like eat, which is what predators do to their prey.
- To pray is to speak to a deity, whereas to prey is to hunt or be hunted.
- Pray can be associated with a peaceful act, while prey involves survival and combat.
- Think of prayer, an action, related to pray; predator, an entity related to the action of preying.
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