Dog vs Tooth - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between dog and tooth

is that dog is a mammal, canis lupus familiaris , that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding while tooth is a hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.

As verbs the difference between dog and tooth

is that dog is to pursue with the intent to catch while tooth is to provide or furnish with teeth.

dog

English

Acronym

(Acronym) (head)

Digital on-screen graphic

Digitally Originated Graphic

Anagrams

tooth

English

(wikipedia tooth)

Noun

(teeth)

A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.

A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.

A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.

(botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.

(animation) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allow better adhesion of artwork.

(figurative) taste; palate

I have a sweet tooth : I love sugary treats.

* Dryden

These are not dishes for thy dainty tooth .

Hyponyms

* (structure in the mouth) bicuspid, canine, cuspid, incisor, premolar, molar * See also

Derived terms

* back tooth * clean as a hound's tooth * eyetooth * fight tooth and nail * long in the tooth * milk tooth * sweet tooth * teethe verb * toothache * tooth and nail * toothbrush * tooth fairy * toothless * toothpaste * toothpick * toothsome * toothlike * toothly * toothy * wisdom tooth

Verb

(en verb)

To provide or furnish with teeth.

* (rfdate) (William Wordsworth)

The twin cards toothed with glittering wire.

To indent; to jag.

to tooth a saw

To lock into each other, like gear wheels.

(Moxon)

Anagrams

* 1000 English basic words English nouns with irregular plurals