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Extol vs Dote - What's the difference?

extol | dote |

As verbs the difference between extol and dote

is that extol is to praise; to make high while dote is .

extol

English

Verb

(extoll)
  • To praise; to make high.
  • Synonyms

    * belaud * flatter

    dote

    English

    Alternative forms

    * doat (obsolete)

    Verb

    (dot)
  • To be excessively fond of.
  • Little Bill's parents just keep doting on him.
  • (archaic) To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
  • * Dryden
  • Time has made you dote , and vainly tell / Of arms imagined in your lonely cell.
  • * South
  • He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.

    Synonyms

    * (to be fond of) adore, love

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Ireland) A darling, a cutie.
  • * Ted’s daughter is such a dote .
  • (obsolete) An imbecile; a dotard.
  • (Halliwell)

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