bay vs bight

bay and bight both are nouns.

bay is an adjective but bight is not an adjective.

bay and bight both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bay	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
bight	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, bight is a hyponym of bay; that is, bight is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bay:

bay: an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
bight: a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline

Other hyponyms of bay include Guantanamo Bay.

bay (noun)	bight (noun)
a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color	the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
a small recess opening off a larger room	a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline
a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose	a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital	a loop in a rope
the sound of a hound on the scent
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors

bay (adjective)	bight (adjective)
(used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color

bay (verb)	bight (verb)
bark with prolonged noises, of dogs	fasten with a bight
utter in deep prolonged tones

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