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Doe vs Doc - What's the difference?

doe | doc |

As nouns the difference between doe and doc

is that doe is a female deer; also used of similar animals such as reindeer, antelope, goat while doc is a doctor.

As initialisms the difference between doe and doc

is that doe is Department of EnergyDOC is drug of choice.

As proper nouns the difference between doe and doc

is that doe is a surname of English origin while Doc is a nickname for a medical doctor, a person with an advanced educational degree, or a learned person.

As a verb doe

is an archaic spelling of lang=en.

doe

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A female deer; also used of similar animals such as reindeer, antelope, goat.
  • A female fallow deer.
  • A female rabbit.
  • A female hare.
  • A female squirrel.
  • A female kangaroo

    • Synonyms

    * (female deer) hind (female red deer) * (female kangaroo) blue flyer (female red kangaroo)

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1620 Mayflower Compact
    • ...a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God...

    Anagrams

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    doc

    English

    Etymology 1

    From by shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A doctor.

    • Etymology 2

    From (document) by shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A document.
    • Usage notes
    In professional jargon, this word is used especially in the plural to refer to technical documentation or collected legal evidence: "I'm not sure about that. I'll have to check the docs ."

    Anagrams

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