Douted vs Doused - What's the difference?
douted | doused |
(dout)
(transitive, dialectal, or, obsolete) To put out; quench; extinguish; douse.
(douse)
(ambitransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
To fall suddenly into water.
To put out; to extinguish.
To strike.
(nautical) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.
As verbs the difference between douted and doused
is that douted is past tense of dout while doused is past tense of douse.douted
English
Verb
(head)dout
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(head)Etymology 2
.Verb
(en verb)- The fire she lit was fanned rather than douted . ? Snowden.
doused
English
Verb
(head)douse
English
Etymology 1
Probably of (etyl) origin, related to (etyl) and (douse) below.Alternative forms
*Verb
- (Hudibras)