Coxcomb vs Dog - What's the difference?
coxcomb | dog |
(obsolete) The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.
A foolish or conceited person; a dandy.
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The fleshy red pate of a rooster.
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As nouns the difference between coxcomb and dog
is that coxcomb is (obsolete) the cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe while dog is a mammal, canis lupus familiaris , that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.As a verb dog is
to pursue with the intent to catch.coxcomb
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(en noun)- for though I am afraid the doctor was a little of a coxcomb , he might be nevertheless very much of a surgeon.
- And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: "Clay-brained coxcomb !" "Mewling milk-livered maggot!"
