different between thanks vs reply

English

Alternative forms

• thx, thanx, 10x

Etymology

From Middle English thanks, thankes, from Old English þancas (“thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þank?s, nominative plural of *þankaz (“thought, gratitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel”). More at thank.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æ?ks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ?ks/
• Rhymes: -æ?ks

Interjection

thanks

1. Used to express appreciation or gratitude.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:thank you

   • ~1595, Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 5, scene 1

     Thanks, courteous wall: Jove shield thee well for this!

Derived terms

• thanks a lot
• thanks, but no thanks
• thanks for asking
• thanks for nothing
• thanks for your help

Translations

Noun

thanks

1. plural of thank

thanks (uncountable)

2. An expression of gratitude.

   After all I’ve done, a simple acknowledgment is all the thanks I get?

3. Grateful feelings or thoughts.

Derived terms

• thanks to

Translations

Verb

thanks

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thank

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English thanks.

Interjection

thanks

1. (informal) thanks

   Synonyms: bedankt, dank je, dank u, dank je wel, dank u wel

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