different between replying vs reply

English

Pronunciation

Verb

replying

1. present participle of reply

English

Etymology

From Middle English replyen, replien, borrowed from Old French replier (“to reply”), from the Latin replic?, replic?re (“I fold back”) (in Late or Medieval Latin "to reply, repeat"), from re + plic? (“I fold”); the noun derives from the verb by nominalisation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???pla?/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Hyphenation: re?ply

Verb

reply (third-person singular simple present replies, present participle replying, simple past and past participle replied)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.

   (intransitive) Please reply to my letter.

   (transitive) "Sorry I'm late," replied the student.

   (transitive) He replied that he was not sure.

2. (intransitive) To act or gesture in response.

   Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.
3. (intransitive) To repeat something back; to echo.

Synonyms

• respond, answer, retort, answer back, react, rejoin, counter, return, revert, follow up, get back to

Translations

Noun

reply (plural replies)

1. A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.
2. Something given in reply.
3. A counterattack.
4. (music) The answer of a figure.
5. (US, law) A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer.

Synonyms

• answer, comeback, response, retort, return, account, rejoinder, riposte, reaction

Translations

Anagrams

• lepry, plyer