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Does vs Dozes - What's the difference?

does | dozes |

As verbs the difference between does and dozes

is that does is third-person singular of do while dozes is third-person singular of doze.

As nouns the difference between does and dozes

is that does is plural of lang=en while dozes is plural of doze.

does

English

Etymology 1

From the verb do.

Verb

(head)
  • (do)

    • Statistics

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    Etymology 2

    From the noun .

    Noun

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms ----

    dozes

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (doze)

    • Noun

    (head)

    • doze

    English

    Verb

    (doz)
  • To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap.
    • I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.
  • * L'Estrange
    • If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him.
  • To make dull; to stupefy.
  • * Samuel Pepys
    • I was an hour in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work.
  • * South
    • They left for a long time dozed and benumbed.
  • (slang) To bulldoze.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable) a light, short sleep or nap
    • I felt much better after a short doze .

    Synonyms

    * See

    Derived terms

    * dozer * doze off * dozy

    See also

    * catnap * nap * shuteye * sleep * slumber ----