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Dots vs Dows - What's the difference?

dots | dows |

As verbs the difference between dots and dows

is that dots is third-person singular of dot while dows is third-person singular of dow.

As a noun dots

is plural of lang=en.

As a proper noun Dows is

a city in Iowa.

dots

English

Noun

(-)
  • A punctuation mark consisting of three dots, indicating an omission of some text or a sentence which wasn't fully finished, an ellipsis.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (dot)
  • Anagrams

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    dows

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dow)

  • dow

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) dugan'', from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch ''deugen'', German ''taugen'', Swedish ''duga .

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To be worth.
  • (obsolete) To be of use, have value.
  • To have the strength for, to be able to.
  • To thrive, prosper.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) douer'', from (etyl) ''dotare .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To furnish with a dower; to endow.
  • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anagrams

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