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Does vs Could - What's the difference?

does | could |

As a proper noun does

is .

As a verb could is

(can).

does

English

Etymology 1

From the verb do.

Verb

(head)
  • (do)
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    Etymology 2

    From the noun .

    Noun

    (head)
  • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms ----

    could

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (can)
  • Before I was blind, I could see very well.
  • conditional of can
  • #
  • I think he could do it if he really wanted to.
  • I wish I could fly!
  • # (Used to politely ask for permission to do something).
  • # ( Used to politely ask for someone else to do something).
  • # (Used to show the possibility that something might happen).
  • #* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
  • # (Used to suggest something).
  • Derived terms

    * could've * couldn't (negative form of could ) * couldst (archaic second-person of could )

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