Dolent vs Docent - What's the difference?
dolent | docent |
(archaic) Sad, sorrowful.
* 1874 ,
* 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 148:
*:‘Did you find them all, Uncle Van?’ she inquired, sighing, laying her dolent head on his shoulder.
A teacher or lecturer at some American colleges or universities.
* 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 1212:
(chiefly, US) A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.
As adjectives the difference between dolent and docent
is that dolent is (archaic) sad, sorrowful while docent is instructive; that teaches.As a noun docent is
a teacher or lecturer at some american colleges or universities.dolent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Poor wretch! who once hath paced that dolent city
- Shall pace it often, doomed beyond all pity,
- With horror ever deepening from the first.
docent
English
(wikipedia docent)Noun
(en noun)- Zermelo had been a docent at Göttingen when Kit was there and, like Russell, had been preoccupied with the set of all sets that are not members of themselves.
- The docent greeted the visitors and welcomed them to the Louvre.