Difference between Bony and Bone

What is the difference between Bony and Bone?

Bony as an adjective is resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone. while Bone as an adjective is of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.

Bony

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone. full of bones with little flesh; skinny, thin having prominent bones

Bone

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.Said of something that is rubbish or broken.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.A bone of a fish; a fishboneOne of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.An off-white colour, like the colour of bone.A dollar.An erect penis; a boner.Dominoes or dice.A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.To have sexual intercourse with.To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.To study (see also bone up)To polish boots to a shiny finishTo apprehend, steal.

Example sentence: In nature, there is no separation between design, engineering, and fabrication; the bone does it all.

We hope you now know whether to use Bony or Bone in your sentence.

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