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Dado vs Dad - What's the difference?

dado | dad |

As nouns the difference between dado and dad

is that dado is the section of a pedestal above the base while dad is a father, a male parent.

As a verb dado

is to furnish with a dado.

As a proper noun Dad is

one's father.

As an initialism DAD is

a designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating that the contents were recorded in digital but mixed in analog before being mastered to a digital medium; compare AAD, ADD, DDD.

dado

English

(wikipedia dado)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (architecture) The section of a pedestal above the base.
  • (architecture) The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
  • (carpentry) The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.
  • Verb

    (es)
  • To furnish with a dado.
  • To cut a dado.
  • Derived terms

    * dado rail ----

    dad

    English

    (wikipedia dad)

    Alternative forms

    * , Dad

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A father, a male parent.
  • (label) (non-gloss definition, Used to address one's father)
  • (label) (Used to address an older adult male)
  • Synonyms

    * (a father) * (sense, used to address one's father familiarly) dada, daddy, pa, Pa, papa, pop, Pop, , pappa, pater, paw * (used to address an older adult male) daddio, pop, pops

    See also

    * mum, mom * sire

    Anagrams

    * English palindromes ----