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Hart vs Doe - What's the difference?

hart | doe |

As nouns the difference between hart and doe

is that hart is a male deer, especially the male of the red deer after its fifth year while doe is a female deer; also used of similar animals such as reindeer, antelope, goat.

As proper nouns the difference between hart and doe

is that hart is {{surname|A=An|English|from=nicknames}}, originally a nickname from Middle English hert (stag) while Doe is a surname of English origin.

As a verb doe is

an archaic spelling of lang=en.

As an initialism DOE is

Department of Energy

hart

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . (cognates) Compare (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after its fifth year.
    • Related terms
    * hind (the female)

    Etymology 2

    See (m)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * , scene i:
    • For this reliefe much thanks, tis bitter cold, and I am ?ick at hart .

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l), (l), (l) ----

    doe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A female deer; also used of similar animals such as reindeer, antelope, goat.
  • A female fallow deer.
  • A female rabbit.
  • A female hare.
  • A female squirrel.
  • A female kangaroo

    • Synonyms

    * (female deer) hind (female red deer) * (female kangaroo) blue flyer (female red kangaroo)

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1620 Mayflower Compact
    • ...a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God...

    Anagrams

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