Difference between Alcove and Bay

What is the difference between Alcove and Bay?

Alcove as a noun is a small recessed area set off from a larger room. while Bay as a noun is a berry.

Alcove

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A small recessed area set off from a larger room.

Bay

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A berry.A shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.The leaf of this shrub, used as a herb.A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.A bay platform.shortened form of bay window.The excited barking of dogs when hunting or being attacked.The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To bark.To bark at.To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.

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