Doll vs Toll - What's the difference?
doll | toll |
A toy in the form of a human.
(informal) Used to refer to or address a woman.
(Australia) A term of endearment (ie. darling).
Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
(label) A fee for using any kind of material processing service.
(label) A tollbooth.
A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
(label) To impose a fee for the use of.
(label) To levy a toll on (someone or something).
* Shakespeare
(label) To take as a toll.
To pay a toll or tallage.
(label) To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
* , Episode 12, The Cyclops
(label) To summon by ringing a bell.
* Dryden
(label) To announce by tolling.
* Beattie
To draw; pull; tug; drag.
(label) To tear in pieces.
(label) To draw; entice; invite; allure.
(label) To lure with bait (especially, fish and animals).
As nouns the difference between doll and toll
is that doll is a toy in the form of a human while toll is loss or damage incurred through a disaster.As verbs the difference between doll and toll
is that doll is to cause to be more beautiful of attractive. See also doll up while toll is to impose a fee for the use of.As a proper noun Doll
is a diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.doll
English
(wikipedia doll)Noun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* action figureDerived terms
* dollhouse, doll's house * doll's pram * doll up * dolly * Russian doll * sex dollSee also
* golliwog * puppet * teddy, teddy bear * ("doll" on Wikipedia) ----toll
English
(wikipedia toll)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), (m), . Alternate etymology derives (etyl) (m), from .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* death toll * toll road * toll bridge * toll booth * * tollgateReferences
Verb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)