Don vs Dow - What's the difference?
don | dow |
(clothing) to put on, to dress in
(obsolete) To be worth.
(obsolete) To be of use, have value.
To have the strength for, to be able to.
To thrive, prosper.
As nouns the difference between don and dow
is that don is a university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge while dow is alternative form of lang=en.As verbs the difference between don and dow
is that don is to put on, to dress in while dow is to be worth.As proper nouns the difference between don and dow
is that don is a diminutive of the male given name Donald or Gordon while Dow is {{surname|from=given names}.don
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) dominus'', "lord", "head of household", akin to Spanish ''don'' and Italian ''dom''; from ''domus'', "house", + diminutive suffix ''-inus . Compare dominie.Derived terms
* donnishEtymology 2
A contraction of (etyl) do on. Compare also doff.Verb
(donn)- To don one's clothes.
