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Coted vs Doted - What's the difference?

coted | doted |

As verbs the difference between coted and doted

is that coted is past tense of cote while doted is past tense of dote.

As an adjective doted is

stupid; foolish.

coted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cote)

    • cote

    English

    Etymology 1

    From the (etyl) cote, the feminine form of . Cognate to Dutch kot.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cottage or hut.
  • A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.
  • * Milton
    • Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, / In hurdled cotes .
    Related terms
    * dovecote * sheepcote
    Synonyms
    * shed

    Etymology 2

    See quote.

    Verb

    (cot)
  • (obsolete) To quote.
    • (Udall)

    Etymology 3

    Probably related to (etyl) .

    Verb

    (cot)
  • To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.
    • A dog cotes a hare.
    (Drayton)
  • * Shakespeare
    • We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming.
  • * 1825 , , The Talisman , A. and C. Black (1868), 37:
    • [...]strength to pull down a bull——swiftness to cote an antelope.
    (Webster 1913)

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    doted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dote)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) stupid; foolish
  • * Spenser
    • Senseless speech and doted ignorance.
  • (US, obsolete) half-rotten
    • doted wood
    (Webster 1913)