Dower vs Downer - What's the difference?
dower | downer |
(legal) The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
(legal) Property given by a groom directly to his bride at or before their wedding in order to legitimize the marriage.
* 1610 , , act 3 scene 1
(obsolete) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
* Sir J. Davies
* Wordsworth
A negative drug trip.
A drug that has depressant qualities.
Something or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy
* 2009 , (Spike Jonze),
As nouns the difference between dower and downer
is that dower is (legal) the part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate while downer is downer (drug).As a verb dower
is to give a dower or dowry.dower
English
Noun
(en noun)- How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower !
- Man in his primeval dower arrayed.
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*downer
English
Noun
(en noun)- Normally those pills give me a boost, but last night they gave me a downer
- You don't really need to know me. I'm kind of a downer .