Donated vs Doated - What's the difference?
donated | doated |
(donate)
To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.
(doat)
* {{quote-book, year=1676, author=Aphra Behn, title=The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. III, chapter=The Town-Fop, edition=
, passage=Ye all doat upon him, but he's not the Man you take him for. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1786, author=Robert Burns, title=Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns, chapter=Song, Composed in Spring, edition=
, passage=--And maun I still on Menie doat , And bear the scorn that's in her e'e? }}
* {{quote-book, year=1825, author=William Hazlitt, title=The Spirit of the Age, chapter=, edition=
, passage=We are so far advanced in the Arts and Sciences, that we live in retrospect, and doat on past atchievements. }}
As verbs the difference between donated and doated
is that donated is past tense of donate while doated is past tense of doat.donated
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Verb
(head)donate
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(donat)- She donates 100 dollars to Red Crescent every year.
- He donated an etching from his own collection to the new art gallery.
Anagrams
* ----doated
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Verb
(head)doat
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