Main Difference
The main difference between Sound and Bay is that the Sound is a mechanical wave that is an oscillation of pressure transmitted through a solid, liquid, or gas, composed of frequencies within the range of hearing; pressure wave, generated by vibrating structure and Bay is a body of water connected to an ocean or lake, formed by an indentation of the shoreline.
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Sound
In physics, sound is a vibration that typically propagates as an audible wave of pressure, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid.
In human physiology and psychology, sound is the reception of such waves and their perception by the brain. Humans can hear sound waves with frequencies between about 20 Hz and 20 kHz. Sound above 20 kHz is ultrasound and below 20 Hz is infrasound. Different animal species have varying hearing ranges.
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Bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a type of smaller bay with a circular inlet and narrow entrance. A fjord is a particularly steep bay shaped by glacial activity.
Bays can be the estuary of a river, such as the Chesapeake Bay, an estuary of the Susquehanna River. Bays may also be nested within each other; for example, James Bay is an arm of Hudson Bay in northeastern Canada. Some large bays, such as the Bay of Bengal and the Hudson Bay, have varied marine geology.
The land surrounding a bay often reduces the strength of winds and blocks waves. Bays were significant in the history of human settlement because they provided a safe place for fishing. Later they were important in the development of sea trade as the safe anchorage they provide encouraged their selection as ports.
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), also called the Law of the Sea defines a bay as a well-marked indentation whose penetration is in such proportion to the width of its mouth as to contain land-locked waters and constitute more than a mere curvature of the coast. An indentation shall not, however, be regarded as a bay unless its area is as large as, or larger than, that of the semi-circle whose diameter is a line drawn across the mouth of that indentation.
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Sound (adjective)
Healthy.
“He was safe and sound.”
“In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.”
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Sound (adjective)
Complete, solid, or secure.
“Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.”
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Sound (adjective)
Having the property of soundness.
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Sound (adjective)
Good; acceptable; decent.
“”How are you?” – “I’m sound.””
“That’s a sound track you’re playing.”
“See that man over there? He’s sound. You should get to know him.”
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Sound (adjective)
Quiet and Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
“Her sleep was sound.”
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Sound (adjective)
Heavy; laid on with force.
“a sound beating”
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Sound (adjective)
Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
“a sound title to land”
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Sound (adverb)
Soundly.
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Sound (interjection)
Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
“- I found my jacket.
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Sound (noun)
A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
“He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.”
“Nobody made a sound.”
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Sound (noun)
A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
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Sound (noun)
A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc
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Sound (noun)
Noise without meaning; empty noise.
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Sound (noun)
A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
“Puget Sound; Owen Sound”
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Sound (noun)
The air bladder of a fish.
“Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.”
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Sound (noun)
A cuttlefish.
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Sound (noun)
An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
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Sound (noun)
A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.
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Sound (verb)
To produce a sound.
“When the horn sounds, take cover.”
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Sound (verb)
To convey an impression by one’s sound.
“He sounded good when we last spoke.”
“That story sounds like a pack of lies!”
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Sound (verb)
To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
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Sound (verb)
To resound.
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Sound (verb)
To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.
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Sound (verb)
To cause to produce a sound.
“He sounds the instrument.”
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Sound (verb)
To pronounce.
“The “e” in “house” isn’t sounded.”
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Sound (verb)
Dive downwards, used of a whale.
“The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.”
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Sound (verb)
To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
“When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.”
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Sound (verb)
Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
“Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.”
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Sound (verb)
To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
“to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra”
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Bay (noun)
A berry.
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Bay (noun)
, a tree or shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.
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Bay (noun)
Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
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Bay (noun)
The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.
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Bay (noun)
A tract covered with bay trees.
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Bay (noun)
A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico.
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Bay (noun)
A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.
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Bay (noun)
A bank or dam to keep back water.
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Bay (noun)
An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
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Bay (noun)
An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
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Bay (noun)
The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
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Bay (noun)
Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
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Bay (noun)
A bay platform.
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Bay (noun)
A bay window.
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Bay (noun)
The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
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Bay (noun)
The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
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Bay (noun)
A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
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Bay (noun)
A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
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Bay (noun)
A horse of this color.
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Bay (verb)
To howl.
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Bay (verb)
To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
“to bay the bear”
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Bay (verb)
To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.
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Bay (adjective)
Of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).