Bay / Bark

Status
Not open for further replies.

iagomxx

Member
Joined
Apr 23, 2022
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Portuguese
Home Country
Brazil
Current Location
Brazil
What’s the Difference Between bay and bark in the context below?

"The dog is barking because it saw another dog".
 

probus

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jan 7, 2011
Member Type
Retired English Teacher
Native Language
English
Home Country
Canada
Current Location
Canada
I don't see the word bay in your text. However, to me a bark is short in duration although it may be repeated many times. Baying is of longer duration and borders on howling. Hounds are the kind of dog that bays.
 
Last edited:

emsr2d2

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jul 28, 2009
Member Type
English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
UK
Current Location
UK
What’s the difference between "baying" and "barking" in the context sentence below?

"The dog is barking/baying because it saw another dog."
Note my changes above. Capitalise only the first letter of a sentence, proper nouns and (most) acronyms/initialisms. When you ask us to explain the difference between words, make sure those words appear in your sentence. Mark out the words you're asking about in some way - in my corrections above, I have put quotation marks around them.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top