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Doughed vs Coughed - What's the difference?

doughed | coughed |

As verbs the difference between doughed and coughed

is that doughed is (dough) while coughed is (cough).

doughed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dough)

    • 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

    *

    coughed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cough)

    • cough

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
  • * , chapter=3
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”  He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the cough'ing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about ' cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}
  • * , title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
    • , section=chapter XI , passage=I drew a deep breath, and a moment later wished I hadn't, because I drew it while drinking the remains of my gin and tonic. “Does Kipper know of this?“ I said, when I had finished coughing .}}
  • To make a noise like a cough.

    • Derived terms

    * cougher * cough up

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.
    • Behind me, I heard a distinct, dry cough .
  • A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.
    • Sorry, I can't come to work today – I've got a nasty cough .
    • He was – cough – indisposed.

    Hyponyms

    * barking cough * churchyard cough * congested cough * dry cough * hacking cough * loose cough * non-productive cough * productive cough * smoker's cough * wet cough

    Derived terms

    * cough mixture * cough syrup * whooping cough