Dosed vs Dowsed - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between dosed and dowsed

is that dosed is past tense of dose while dowsed is past tense of dowse.

(head)

(dose)

(en noun)

A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.

The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered at any one time.

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A venereal infection.

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It would be very expensive to cure a dose here, as well as unbelievably painful.

(dos)

to administer a dose

to prescribe a dose

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(head)

(dowse)

(en noun)

A blow on the face.

(dows)

To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.

To beat or thrash.

(Halliwell)

To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.