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Sucker vs Dope - What's the difference?

sucker | dope |

In transitive terms the difference between sucker and dope

is that sucker is to strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers while dope is to treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).

As an adjective dope is

great, amazing or extraordinary.

sucker

English

Etymology 1

From the verb (suck).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person or thing that sucks.
  • An organ or body part that does the sucking.
  • An animal such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs.
  • A piece of candy which is sucked; a lollipop.
  • (horticulture) An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree.
  • (British, colloquial) A suction cup.
  • A suckling animal.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket.
    • (Boyle)
  • A pipe through which anything is drawn.
  • A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; formerly used by children as a plaything.
  • A parasite; a sponger.
  • * Fuller
    • They who constantly converse with men far above their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker , no branch.
  • (slang, archaic) A hard drinker; a soaker.
  • A person that sucks; a general term of disparagement.
    • Synonyms
    * (piece of candy) lollipop

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers.
    • to sucker maize

    Etymology 2

    Possibly from the (Pig in a poke) scam, where victims were tricked into believing they were buying a young (that is a suckling) pig. Also possibly from suckener.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is easily fooled, or gulled.
    • Synonyms
    * (one who is easily fooled) chump, fall-guy, fish, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, rube, schlemiel, soft touch * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.
    • The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.

    Etymology 3

    Possibly from German (thing).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A thing or object. Any thing or object being called attention to with emphasis, as in "this sucker".
    • Synonyms
    * thing, object

    See also

    * (wikipedia "sucker")

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns

    dope

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
  • (uncountable) An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.
  • (uncountable, aeronautics) Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen,
  • (uncountable, slang) Any illicit or narcotic drug that produces euphoria or satisfies an addiction; particularly heroin.
  • * 1953 , , Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer , Pantheon, 1981, p. 18
    • Here's a cure for all your troubles, here's an end to all distress. It's the old dope peddler, with his powdered happiness.''
  • (uncountable, slang) Information.
  • * What's the latest dope on the stock market?
  • (countable, slang) A stupid person.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * dope fiend * dope sheet * dope slap/dope-slap

    Verb

  • (slang) To affect with drugs.
  • To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).
  • (electronics) To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).
  • (slang) To use drugs.

    • Adjective

    (er)
  • (slang) Great, amazing or extraordinary.
    • That party was dope !

    Anagrams

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