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Zot vs Dot - What's the difference?

zot | dot |

As verbs the difference between zot and dot

is that zot is to zap, kill, or destroy while dot is to cover with small spots (of some liquid).

As nouns the difference between zot and dot

is that zot is an anteater while dot is a small spot.

As an interjection zot

is the characteristic sound made by an anteater's tongue or by lightning.

As a preposition dot is

dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.

As a proper noun Dot is

diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.

As an acronym DOT is

department of Transportation.

zot

English

Etymology 1

A sound effect. Popularized by the , a humorous Internet advice service, where the word was used as an irritated dismissal of a question.

Verb

(en-verb)
  • (slang) To zap, kill, or destroy.
  • * 1980 , Kit Reed, Magic time
    • I reached for the handle and it zotted me — an electric shock to the elbow.
  • * 1997 , "Matt Lepinski", Zotting'' (on Internet newsgroup ''rec.humor.oracle.d )
    • I've heard rumors about the oracle zotting people and I have these questions about zot?
  • * 1997 , "Terry Moore", COPS PUT LIVES ON LINE?'' (on Internet newsgroup ''austin.general )
    • When a taxi driver, convenience store clerk, pizza deliverer, etc., gets zotted , it is on the back page of the local newspaper and not in out of town newspapers at all.
  • * 1998 , "RosieDawg", watergardening and dogs and Rosie's new toy, OT-ish'' (on Internet newsgroup ''rec.ponds )
    • electric fence - zotting me was fine (well really!) but they were worried about zotting the several dozen human puppies that hang around at our house.

    Etymology 2

    Sound effect in the , first published in 1958, associated with both (1) the rapid tongue of an anteater character and (2) lightning bolts.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, slang) An anteater.

    • Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (US) The characteristic sound made by an anteater's tongue or by lightning.

    • Usage notes

    * Associated with the (UC Irvine Anteaters). ----

    dot

    English

    (wikipedia dot)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small spot.
    • a dot of colour
  • (grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
  • A diacritical mark comprised of a small opaque circle above or below any of various letters of the Latin script. Examples include: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, etc.
  • (mathematics) A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.
  • One of the two symbols used in Morse code.
  • (obsolete) A lump or clot.
  • Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
    • a dot of a child
  • (cricket, informal) A dot ball.
    • Synonyms
    * (small spot) speck, spot * (at the end of a sentence or abbreviation) full stop (British), period (US), point * (as a diacritic) tittle (over the letters i and j) * (sense) decimal point * (in Morse code) dit
    Derived terms
    (terms derived from dot) * centered dot, centred dot * connect the dots * dotcom * dot matrix * dot matrix printer * dot product * dottel * dottle * dotty * join the dots * middle dot * off one's dot * on the dot * polka dot * the year dot

    Verb

    (dott)
  • To cover with small spots (of some liquid).
    • His jacket was dotted with splashes of paint.
  • To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.
    • Dot your i''s and cross your ''t s.
  • To mark by means of dots or small spots.
    • to dot a line
  • To mark or diversify with small detached objects.
    • to dot a landscape with cottages
    Derived terms
    * dot do dot * dot the i's and cross the t's

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.
    • The work is equal to F dot ?x.
    Coordinate terms
    * *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) dot.

    Alternative forms

    * dote

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, Louisiana) A dowry.
  • * 1919 , , (The Moon and Sixpence) ,
    • "Have you the pictures still?" I asked.
    "Yes; I am keeping them till my daughter is of marriageable age, and then I shall sell them. They will be her dot ."
  • * 1927 , Anna Bowman Dodd, Talleyrand: the Training of a Statesman :
    • As a bride, Madame de Talleyrand had brought a small dot of fifteen thousand francs to the family fund.

    Anagrams

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