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Dough vs Dought - What's the difference?

dough | dought |

As nouns the difference between dough and dought

is that dough is a thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, and/or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked while dought is manhood, virtue.

As verbs the difference between dough and dought

is that dough is to make into dough while dought is (dialect).

dough

English

Alternative forms

* (dialectal)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, and/or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.
    • Pizza dough is very stretchy.
  • (slang) Money.
    • His mortgage payments left him short on dough .

    Derived terms

    * doughboy * doughnut * doughy * rolling in dough

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make into dough.
    • The flour was doughed with a suitable quantity of water.

    Derived terms

    *

    dought

    English

    Alternative forms

    *

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • manhood, virtue
  • the age of manhood, maturity
  • virility, manly power or strength; excellence
  • (collectively) men, people
  • a company, army, retinue

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) doghte, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dialect)