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Dor vs Doer - What's the difference?

dor | doer |

As nouns the difference between dor and doer

is that dor is door while doer is serf.

As an adjective doer is

servile.

dor

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) dorre, dore, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* dorr

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large European dung beetle, , that makes a droning noise while flying.
  • Any flying insect which makes a loud humming noise, such as the June bug or a bumblebee.
    • Derived terms
    * *
    See also
    * dumbledore

    Etymology 2

    Compare , and hum, humbug.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A trick, joke, or deception.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)

    Anagrams

    * * * * ----

    doer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, page 295:
    • Though his name was closely linked to that of Physiocrats, he was less an armchair intellectual like Quesnay or the elder Mirabeau than a doer in the vein of Bertin and Trudaine [...].
  • * 2008 , Aleksandra Lojek-Magdziarz, The Guardian , 25 Mar 2008:
    • In schools, submission, not curiosity, was a highly valued virtue. Thinkers were out, doers were in.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Coordinate terms

    * be-er

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ----