gamy vs racy what difference

what is difference between gamy and racy

English

Adjective

gamy (comparative more gamy, superlative most gamy)

1. Alternative spelling of gamey

   • Such a funny, sporty, gamy, jesty, joky, hoky-poky lad, is the Ocean.

English

Etymology

race (“having a characteristic taste (of wines, fruits, etc.)”) +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪsi/
• Rhymes: -eɪsi

Adjective

racy (comparative racier, superlative raciest)

1. Mildly risqué.

2. Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil.

   Synonyms: fresh, rich

3. (figuratively, by extension) Exciting to the mind by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
4. (programming) Involving a data race or a race condition.
   • 2016, Elvira Albert, Ivan Lanese, Formal Techniques for Distributed Objects, Components, and Systems

     We evaluate the automatic fence insertion procedure by running our tool on a number of different benchmarks containing racy code.

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Anagrams

• Cary, Cray, cary, cray

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.t͡sɨ/

Noun

racy f

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of raca

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