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Preclusion vs Douglas - What's the difference?

preclusion | douglas |

As a noun preclusion

is (countable) the act of precluding.

As a proper noun douglas is

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preclusion

English

Noun

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  • (countable) The act of precluding
  • (uncountable) The condition of being precluded

    • Synonyms

    *obviation *prevention

    douglas

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • transferred from the surname.
  • The capital of the Isle of Man.
  • A town in Alabama
  • A city in Arizona
  • A city in Georgia, USA
  • A town in Massachusetts
  • A city in Michigan
  • A village and a county in Nebraska
  • A community in New Brunswick, Canada
  • A city in North Dakota
  • A town in Oklahoma
  • A village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland
  • A town in Northern Cape, South Africa
  • A town in Wisconsin
  • A city in Wyoming

    • Related terms

    * (given name) Doug, Dougie, Douglass

    Quotations

    * : Act IV, Scene V: *: The noble Scot, Lord Douglas , when he saw *: The fortune of the day quite turn'd from him *: The noble Percy slain, and all his men *: Upon the foot of fear, fled with the rest. * 1756 (John Home), Douglas: A Tragedy , Prologue *: Douglas , a name through all the world renown'd, *: A name that rouses like the trumpet's sound! * 1960 (Muriel Spark), The Ballad of Peckham Rye , New Directions Publishing, 1999, page 68-69 *: 'Just call me Dougal,' said Dougal. *: 'Douglas ,' she said, pronouncing it 'Dooglass'. *: 'No, Dougal - Douglas is my surname.' *: 'Oh, Dougal Douglas . Dougal's the first name.'