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Doled vs Doxed - What's the difference?

doled | doxed |

As verbs the difference between doled and doxed

is that doled is (dole) while doxed is (dox).

doled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dole)
    • ----

    dole

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) dol, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (dol)
  • To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.

    • Noun

  • Money or other goods given as charity.
  • * Dryden
    • So sure the dole , so ready at their call, / They stood prepar'd to see the manna fall.
  • * Keble
    • Heaven has in store a precious dole .
  • Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
  • * Cleveland
    • At her general dole , / Each receives his ancient soul.
  • (informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed.
    • I get my dole paid twice a week.
    I?ve been on the dole for two years now.
  • * 1996 , , page 107,
    • The men sit because they?re worn out from walking to the Labour Exchange every morning to sign for the dole , discussing the world?s problems and wondering what to do with the rest of the day.
  • * 1997 , , OECD Economic Surveys: Australia , page 67,
    • The FY 1997/98 Commonwealth budget allocated funding of A$ 21.6 million to the Work for the Dole initiative for unemployed young people.
  • A boundary; a landmark.
    • (Halliwell)
  • (UK, dialect) A void space left in tillage.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) dolus, from (etyl) doleo.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (archaic) Sorrow or grief; dolour.
  • * 1485 , , 1868, Morte Darthur , page 212,
    • Sir, said Sir Gingalin, I wot not what knight he was, but well I wot that he sigheth, and maketh great dole .
  • * Tennyson
    • And she died. So that day there was dole in Astolat.
  • (legal, Scotland) dolus
    • Derived terms
    * (payment to support the unemployed) dole bludger

    Anagrams

    * ----

    doxed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dox)

    • dox

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (slang) Documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual (address, credit card numbers, etc.).
  • * 1995 , "J Eric Chard", Will Vinton's Playmation'' (on newsgroup ''comp.graphics.animation )
    • Why is it that, even after DECADES of carping from Jerry Pournelle, software companies STILL don't hire competent professionals to write their dox ?
  • * 2002 , "X", this is getting old'' (on newsgroup ''houston.general )
    • its ok, someone emailed me his address, phone
  • , ss#, the works. seems theres(SIC) someone out there that dislikes him more than i do. i cant wait to hear how many people have his dox now. this should be really interesting...
  • * 2004 , "Andrew D Kirch", Here is something that will work for the rest of us'' (on newsgroup ''news.admin.net-abuse.email )
    • judging by the lack of the 6 it would appear we have our spammer here, LETS(SIC) PULL HIS DOX !

    Verb

  • (slang) To publish the personal information of (an individual) on the Internet.

    • Alternative forms

    * doxx

    Synonyms

    * namefag