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Doglike vs Doelike - What's the difference?

doglike | doelike |

As adjectives the difference between doglike and doelike

is that doglike is similar to a dog; while doelike is resembling a doe or some aspect of one; submissively tender.

As an adverb doglike

is in a way.

doglike

English

Alternative forms

* dog-like

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Similar to a dog; .
  • Similar to that of a dog
    • doglike nose
    doglike devotion
  • (rare) Befitting a dog
    • doglike treatment

    Quotations

    * Homer, The Odyssey , translated by Edward McCrorie in 2004: *: Nothing is more hateful and doglike than hunger: it tells then forces a man to remember its own needs, however worn the man is, the longing he suffers, the way my heart still mourns.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a way.
  • (rare) As one would act toward a dog; as, to treat someone .

    • See also

    * canine * doglike bat

    Anagrams

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    doelike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a doe or some aspect of one; submissively tender.