Dougher vs Tougher - What's the difference?
dougher | tougher |
A baker.
*1871 , Sydney Smith, The Edinburgh Review Or Critical Journal :
One who makes or is concerned with money.
*1922 , The Elevator Constructor:
(tough)
Strong and resilient; sturdy.
(of food) Difficult to cut or chew.
Rugged or physically hardy.
Stubborn.
(of weather etc) Harsh or severe.
Rowdy or rough.
Difficult or demanding.
(material science) Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
(slang) (Used to indicate lack of sympathy)
A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
As a noun dougher
is a baker.As an adjective tougher is
(tough).dougher
English
Alternative forms
*Noun
(en noun)- Among the ordinances of the Bakers of Exeter, is a provision that all 'dowers'' (' doughers or bakers) of the city and suburbs should grind at the city mills, and nowhere else; [...]
- He must not be a dougher'. By this ' dougher we mean the fellow that just thinks enough of this dough or money that by getting this same dough he is not thinking of the dough alone, [...]
tougher
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
* ----tough
English
Adjective
(er)- The tent, made of tough canvas, held up to many abuses.
- To soften a tough cut of meat, the recipe suggested simmering it for hours.
- Only a tough species will survive in the desert.
- He had a reputation as a tough negotiator.
- A bunch of the tough boys from the wrong side of the tracks threatened him.
- This is a tough crowd.
Derived terms
* do it tough * hang tough * supertough * tough call * tough case * tough cookie * tough crowd * tough love * tough luck * tough-minded * tough nut to crack * tough row to hoe * tough shit * tough titty * tough toodles * tough tuchus * toughen * toughie * toughish * toughly * toughness * toughy * ultratough *Interjection
(en interjection)- If you don't like it, tough !
Noun
(en noun)- They were doing fine until they encountered a bunch of toughs from the opposition.