different between wray vs wary

English

Alternative forms

• wreye (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English wrayen, wraien, wreien (“to show, make known, accuse”), from Old English wr??an (“to urge, incite, stir up, accuse, impeach”), from Proto-Germanic *wr?gijan? (“to tell; tell on; announce; accuse”), from Proto-Indo-European *were-, *wr?- (“to tell; speak; shout”). Akin to Dutch wroegen (“to blame”), German rügen (“to reprove”), Swedish röja (“to bewray; reveal; expose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Verb

wray (third-person singular simple present wrays, present participle wraying, simple past and past participle wrayed)

1. (obsolete) To denounce (a person).
2. (obsolete) To reveal (a secret).
   • 1387-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Franklin's Tale", Canterbury Tales

     no thyng dorste he seye, / Save in his songes somwhat wolde he wreye / His wo

3. (obsolete) To betray.

   • Thou shalt upon thy trouthe swere me heere

     That to no wight thou shalt this conseil wreye.

Related terms

• bewray

Anagrams

• awry, wary

English

Etymology

From the adjective ware +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w???.i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w???i/
• Rhymes: -???i

Adjective

wary (comparative warier, superlative wariest)

1. Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent

   Synonyms: circumspect, scrupulous, careful

   He is wary of dogs.

2. Characterized by caution; guarded; careful; on one's guard
3. thrifty, provident

Synonyms

• cautious, guarded, careful, chary

Derived terms

• unwarily
• unwary
• warily
• wariness

Translations

See also

• weary

Further reading

• wary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Wray, awry, wray

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?va.r?/

Noun

wary m inan

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of war