What's the difference between say and way?

Say


Definition:

  • (imp.) Saw.
  • (n.) Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack.
  • (n.) Tried quality; temper; proof.
  • (n.) Essay; trial; attempt.
  • (v. t.) To try; to assay.
  • (n.) A kind of silk or satin.
  • (n.) A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth.
  • (v. t.) To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things.
  • (v. t.) To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson.
  • (v. t.) To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to.
  • (v. t.) To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles.
  • (v. i.) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
  • (v. t.) A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Lebedev says he is aware that he is under investigation.
  • (2) says Gregg Wallace opening the new series of Celebrity MasterChef (Mon-Fri, 2.15pm, BBC1).
  • (3) However, some contactless transactions are processed offline so may not appear on a customer’s account until after the block has been applied.” It says payments that had been made offline on the day of cancellation may be applied to accounts and would be refunded when the customer identified them; payments made on days after the cancellation will not be taken from an account.
  • (4) But when they decided to get married, "finding the clothes became my project," says Melanie.
  • (5) Mike Ashley told Lee Charnley that maybe he could talk with me last week but I said: ‘Listen, we cannot say too much so I think it’s better if we wait.’ The message Mike Ashley is sending is quite positive, but it was better to talk after we play Tottenham.” Benítez will ask Ashley for written assurances over his transfer budget, control of transfers and other spheres of club autonomy, but can also reassure the owner that the prospect of managing in the second tier holds few fears for him.
  • (6) Schneiderlin, valued at an improbable £27m, and the currently injured Jay Rodriguez are wanted by their former manager Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, but the chairman Ralph Krueger has apparently called a halt to any more outgoings, saying: “They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton.” He added: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.” The new manager Ronald Koeman has begun rebuilding by bringing in Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè from the Dutch league and Krueger said: “We will have players coming in, we will make transfers to strengthen the squad.
  • (7) The idea that 80% of an engineer's time is spent on the day job and 20% pursuing a personal project is a mathematician's solution to innovation, Brin says.
  • (8) Unlike Milo, he appears to be – to some extent – convinced of the truth of what he’s saying.
  • (9) It is my desperate hope that we close out of town.” In the book, God publishes his own 'It Getteth Better' video and clarifies his original writings on homosexuality: I remember dictating these lines to Moses; and afterward looking up to find him staring at me in wide-eyed astonishment, and saying, "Thou do knowest that when the Israelites read this, they're going to lose their fucking shit, right?"
  • (10) Joe, meanwhile, defends her right to say "negro" whenever she wants.
  • (11) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
  • (12) 8.47pm: Cameron says he believes Britain's best days lie ahead and that he believes in public service.
  • (13) Critics say he is unelectable as prime minister and will never be able to implement his plans, but he has nonetheless pulled attention back to an issue that many thought had gone away for good.
  • (14) A new propaganda video by Islamic State featuring the British photojournalist John Cantlie, in which he says it is the “last film in this series”, has appeared online.
  • (15) I think he had been saying all season that with three or four games to go he will tell us where we are.
  • (16) It was with unanimous consent.” He denied that Trump’s tweets had played a part, saying: “No, no, no.
  • (17) That doesn't necessarily mean she'll like what I'm saying."
  • (18) This week's unconfirmed claims that Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek had been ousted from power have refocused attention on the country's domestic affairs; some analysts say Jang was associated with reform .
  • (19) On the other hand the TUC says people should also be prepared to be out in the sun for several hours and bring sunscreen and if possible a hat.
  • (20) 'The French see it as an open and shut case,' says a Paris-based diplomat.

Way


Definition:

  • (adv.) Away.
  • (n.) That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine.
  • (n.) Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.
  • (n.) A moving; passage; procession; journey.
  • (n.) Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.
  • (n.) The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
  • (n.) Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.
  • (n.) Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing.
  • (n.) Sphere or scope of observation.
  • (n.) Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.
  • (n.) Progress; as, a ship has way.
  • (n.) The timbers on which a ship is launched.
  • (n.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.
  • (n.) Right of way. See below.
  • (v. t.) To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path.
  • (v. i.) To move; to progress; to go.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A former Labour minister, Nicholas Brown, said the public were frightened they "were going to be spied on" and that "illegally obtained" information would find its way to the public domain.
  • (2) Cantact placing reaction times were measured in cats which were either restrained in a hammock or supported in a conventional way.
  • (3) Although solely nociresponsive neurons are clearly likely to fill a role in the processing and signalling of pain in the conscious central nervous system, the way in which such useful specificity could be conveyed by multireceptive neurons is difficult to appreciate.
  • (4) Some of those drugs are able to stimulate the macrophages, even in an aspecific way, via the gut associated lymphatic tissue (GALT), that is in connection with the bronchial associated lymphatic tissue (BALT).
  • (5) Methanosphaera stadtmanae reduces methanol to CH4 in a similar way as Methanosarcina barkeri.
  • (6) However, as the same task confronts the Lib Dems, do we not now have a priceless opportunity to bring the two parties together to undertake a fundamental rethink of the way social democratic principles and policies can be made relevant to modern society.
  • (7) Extensive studies during recent years have shown that the interaction between hormone and membrane-bound receptor can affect the receptor characteristics in at least two ways.
  • (8) "What has made that worse is the disingenuous way the force has defended their actions.
  • (9) Patrice Evra Evra Handed a five-match international ban for his part in the France squad’s mutiny against Raymond Domenech at the 2010 World Cup, it took Evra almost a year to force his way back in.
  • (10) The data support the conclusion that accumulation of lipid II is responsible in some way for the hypersensitivity of delta rfbA mutants to SDS.
  • (11) The way we are going to pay for that is by making the rules the same for people who go into care homes as for people who get care at their home, and by means-testing the winter fuel payment, which currently isn’t.” Hunt said the plan showed the Conservatives were capable of making difficult choices.
  • (12) The way how to apply this fixator is described in details.
  • (13) We’re learning to store peak power in all kinds of ways: a California auction for new power supply was won by a company that uses extra solar energy to freeze ice, which then melts during the day to supply power.
  • (14) On the way back to Pristina later, the lawyer told me everything was fine.
  • (15) In differing, incomparable ways it will affect every society, industry and region in the country.
  • (16) Obamacare price hikes show that now is the time to be bold | Celine Gounder Read more No longer able to keep patients off their plans outright, insurers have resorted to other ways to discriminate and avoid paying for necessary treatments.
  • (17) While they may always be encumbered by censorship in a way that HBO is not, the success of darker storylines, antiheroes and the occasional snow zombie will not be lost in an entertainment industry desperate to maintain its share of the audience.
  • (18) On the other hand, as a cross-reference experiment, we developed a paper work test to do in the same way as on the VDT.
  • (19) The results indicated that roughly 25% of patients treated in this way will become hypothyroid after 5 years and that 85% are cured (need no further therapy during the follow-up period) using a single dose of iodine-131.
  • (20) It is entirely proper for serving judges to set out the arguments in high-profile cases to help public understanding of the legal issues, as long as it is done in an even-handed way.

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