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Douse vs Doff - What's the difference?

douse | doff |

As verbs the difference between douse and doff

is that douse is (ambitransitive) to plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse or douse can be to strike while doff is (clothing) to remove or take off, especially of clothing.

As a noun douse

is a blow; stroke.

douse

English

Etymology 1

Probably of (etyl) origin, related to (etyl) and (douse) below.

Alternative forms

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Verb

  • (ambitransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
  • To fall suddenly into water.
  • (Hudibras)
  • To put out; to extinguish.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) duschen, .

    Verb

    (dous)
  • To strike.
  • (nautical) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A blow; stroke.
  • Anagrams

    *

    doff

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (clothing) to remove or take off, especially of clothing
  • * Shakespeare
  • And made us doff our easy robes of peace.
  • * Emerson
  • At night, or in the rain, / He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter VII , passage=She had doffed the shirt and Bermuda-shorts which she had been wearing and was now dressed for her journey home.}}
  • to remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect
  • The rustics doffed their hats at the clergy.
  • to get rid of, to throw off
  • Doff that stupid idea: it would never work.
  • *1778 , Charles Dibdin, The Perfect Sailor :
  • *:Thus Death, who kings and tars despatches,
  • In vain Tom's life has doffed ,
  • *:For, though his body's under hatches
  • His soul has gone aloft.
  • (reflexive) To strip; to divest; to undress.
  • * Crashaw
  • Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear.

    Antonyms

    * (remove or take off clothing)

    Derived terms

    *

    Synonyms

    * (remove clothing) (l)