pray vs prey
Definitions
verb
- call upon in supplication; entreat
- address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
Examples
Their prayers were answered and the child was found safe and well.
The dozen pictures she had shot during a recent bath time -- including a few of Nora rinsing with a handheld shower sprayer -- were, for Cynthia, simply part of the vast photographic record she was keeping of her family's life.
I have sprayed them a couple of times with soapy water, which kills some of them but doesn't harm beneficial insects like ladybirds.
Definitions
noun
- animal hunted or caught for food
- a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
verb
- prey on or hunt for
- profit from in an exploitatory manner
Examples
More and more security experts are lining up against the use of static passwords for e-banking; in part because the technique makes consumers easy prey for phishers.
The relationships between hagfishes, lampreys, and jawed vertebrates are one of the still-unresolved problems in craniate phylogeny.
Moray eels, garfish and trumpetfish were roaming and snapping at a plethora of potential prey.
