Gray or grey?

Gray or grey?

 Both words have the same meaning, but there are some differences between them. Today I want to speak about it. 

1. The first and most common difference is that “gray” is more common in American and “grey” is in British English. 

Ps. A tip for remember this difference is that, “gray” has a letter “a” as in “America” and “grey” has a letter “e” as in England 

2. Second difference between this two words relates to the meaning which important in art.  At that time when “gray” is just the mix of black and white, “grey” contain a little bit blue color.

3. "Gray" is changeable and can be used as different parts of speech. 

a) As a noun it used to emphasize to the shade of the color. 

For example: 

The walls were painted an ominous shade of gray. 

b) As an adjective, it can describe an object or person as being without interest or character. 

For example: 

They marched onward, as a line of gray, faceless men.

c) As a verb, it can refer the aging process. 

For example: 

David’s hair began graying as a teenager. 

❗️In spite of all of these, there are some cases where we can’t replace these two words. 

1. If someone’s surname is “Grey” we can’t replace it with “Gray”. 

2.  Even there isn’t any connection between animal’s color and the special, the dog breed “greyhound” can never be spelled as “grayhound.” The same thing is true for the “Greyhound” bus service company.

3. The scientific measure of energy called the “gray” and as it is a term we can’t replace it with “grey”. One “gray” is equal to 100 “rads”.

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