What's the difference between dolt and dout?

Dolt


Definition:

  • (n.) A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard.
  • (v. i.) To behave foolishly.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) George is unreliable... untrustworthy... to coin a phrase, a dolt."
  • (2) 28 mins: Look at the pedantic dolts I have to deal with: "So which bit of '4 mins ... 7mins ... 10 mins' is 'minute-by-minute' commentary, exactly?"
  • (3) His predecessor, Richard Daley, was embraced as an authentic Chicagoan with no ambitions beyond the city, even if he came across in public as a monosyllabic dolt.
  • (4) Analyses were conducted on three reference standard materials certified for their methyl mercury content, DOLT-1, DORM-1, and TORT-1, provided by the National Research Council of Canada.
  • (5) The cull might help to destroy the industry these bloody-minded dolts claim to defend.
  • (6) Some dolt in a car coat jogs around for a while, before being shoved to the ground by several police officers waving sticks.
  • (7) Of course, if you have £9bn to spend on a party, surely only a dolt could fail.
  • (8) Another critique of the great war is that the troops were commanded by dolts, a fact it must be said that is contested by many eminent historians.
  • (9) That's the point of the episode, you catastrophic dolt.

Dout


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To put out.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The standard of death certification needs to be improved upon, especially with respect to the clarification of the primary and the contributory causes of death and whether post-mortem examination was carrie dout or not.

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