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Dote vs Fondle - What's the difference?

dote | fondle |

As verbs the difference between dote and fondle

is that dote is to be excessively fond of while fondle is to touch or stroke lovingly.

As a noun dote

is a darling, a cutie.

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

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    fondle

    English

    Verb

  • To touch or stroke lovingly.
  • Mothers fondle their babies.
  • To grasp.
  • The lovers fondled each other.

    Derived terms

    * fondler * fondlingly

    References

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    See also

    * dandle * pet

    Anagrams

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