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Dote vs Dodder - What's the difference?

dote | dodder |

As a verb dote

is .

As a proper noun dodder is

a river in ireland, a tributary of the liffey.

dote

English

Alternative forms

* doat (obsolete)

Verb

(dot)
  • To be excessively fond of.
  • Little Bill's parents just keep doting on him.
  • (archaic) To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
  • * Dryden
  • Time has made you dote , and vainly tell / Of arms imagined in your lonely cell.
  • * South
  • He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.

    Synonyms

    * (to be fond of) adore, love

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Ireland) A darling, a cutie.
  • * Ted’s daughter is such a dote .
  • (obsolete) An imbecile; a dotard.
  • (Halliwell)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    dodder

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter.
  • * 2013, , (The Childhood of Jesus) , Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company, pp. 59-60.
  • Their neighbours have been, on one side, an old man who dodders around in his dressing gown talking to himself, and on the other a stand-offish couple who pretend not to understand the Spanish he speaks.
    Derived terms
    * dodderer * doddering (adj) * doddery

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (wikipedia dodder) (en noun)
  • Any of about 100-170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta''. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family '' , recent genetic research by the (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group) has shown that it is correctly placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.
  • Synonyms
    * angel hair,
    Hyponyms
    * dodder, * * * * * *