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Door vs Doll - What's the difference?

door | doll |

As nouns the difference between door and doll

is that door is a {{l/en|portal}} of entry into a building, room or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a {{l/en|hinge}}. Doors are frequently made of {{l/en|wood}} or {{l/en|metal}}. May have a {{l/en|handle}} to help open and close, a {{l/en|latch}} to hold the door closed, and a {{l/en|lock}} that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key while doll is a toy in the form of a human.

As verbs the difference between door and doll

is that door is to cause a {{l/en|collision}} by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an {{l/en|oncoming}} {{l/en|cyclist}} or {{l/en|pedestrian}} while doll is to cause to be more beautiful of attractive. See also doll up.

As a proper noun Doll is

a diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.

door

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
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  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=20 citation , passage=‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’}}
  • Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
  • A non-physical into the next world, a particular feeling, a company, etc.
  • (computing, dated) A . See (BBS door).
  • Meronyms

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    Derived terms

    * at death's door * darken someone's door * door brake * doorgame * door prize * doorstep * front door * get one's foot in the door * show somebody the door * shut the door on * sliding door * stage-door Johnny * up and over door *

    See also

    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (cycling) To cause a .
  • Statistics

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    Anagrams

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    doll

    English

    (wikipedia doll)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A toy in the form of a human.
  • (informal) Used to refer to or address a woman.
  • (Australia) A term of endearment (ie. darling).
  • Hyponyms

    * action figure

    Derived terms

    * dollhouse, doll's house * doll's pram * doll up * dolly * Russian doll * sex doll

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to be more beautiful of attractive. See also doll up.
  • See also

    * golliwog * puppet * teddy, teddy bear * ("doll" on Wikipedia) ----