Deter vs Doter - What's the difference?
deter | doter |
To prevent something from happening.
To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 10.
As a verb deter
is to prevent something from happening.As a noun doter is
one who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard.deter
English
Verb
(deterr)- we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise