What's the difference between dome and dote?

Dome


Definition:

  • (n.) A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry.
  • (n.) A cupola formed on a large scale.
  • (n.) Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.
  • (n.) A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form.
  • (n.) Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Dome-shaped, fungiform papillae were scattered among these filiform papillae.
  • (2) Ethanol, an agent that increases membrane fluidity, stimulates AC to a much greater extent in homogenates from the 22 month than from the 22 day or 90 day rat bladder dome.
  • (3) And there is plenty of beauty in London - seeing Parliament Square in the snow, the dome of St Paul's rising above the City, the simple perfection of a Georgian terrace or the quietly elegant streets of Mayfair.
  • (4) In the infant and small child, when most repairs are done, nose tip projection is due more to the alar dome component than to the columella.
  • (5) It said it hoped to have a small containment dome in place by late today.
  • (6) Iron Dome receives $176m in annual funding from the US, but the House of Representatives voted in May to double the amount .
  • (7) Steps wind down a rugged rock face to a bedroom, while light floods in from round skylights in the domed ceiling above.
  • (8) Mucosla nodularity of the bladder dome, even without gastrointestinal symptoms, should raise the possibility of regional enteritis.
  • (9) The shadow chancellor told the newspaper the Dome was a mistake and said: "I think you should learn from your mistakes."
  • (10) In both groups clinical and radiological results were better when the cartilage layer at the talar dome was found to be intact at the time of surgical intervention.
  • (11) Histopathological examination of one resected aneurysmal dome confirmed the diagnosis of transmural arteritis secondary to SLE.
  • (12) In addition, the cells receive synapses from numerous nonimmunoreactive terminals including a wide range of different dome-shaped terminals and various scalloped or glomerular terminals.
  • (13) A review of arthroscopic, radiographic, and clinical data of all patients undergoing ankle arthroscopy at our center provided the following diagnoses: talar dome osteochondral fractures, loose bodies, accessory ossicles, talar dome cyst with loose bodies, and chronic synovitis.
  • (14) Pilgrims from all over the world, many weeping and clutching precious mementos or photographs of loved ones, jostle beneath its soaring domes every day.
  • (15) Despite Antarctica's simultaneous warming and cooling phenomena, the second lowest temperatures ever measured on Earth was recorded in July at Dome Argus in the centre of the Antarctic plateau.
  • (16) This domed white building is now a magnet for national expectations, and many wonder whether it will sag under the weight of so much anticipation.
  • (17) The tumor was diffusely hemorrhagic and occupied the dome of the bladder.
  • (18) So here we are in Chester's Mill, a snoozy Maine town about to be rent asunder by the arrival of a mysterious transparent dome, shooming down like a giant jam jar on its coffee shops and car lots and effectively cutting its residents off from the rest of civilisation.
  • (19) Lisa and Brian converted the old wooden schoolhouse six years ago and the design is bright and eclectic, think retro school desks, a funky red kitchen, a clear geodesic dome in the garden for stargazing and chill-out time and a giant chess set on the lawn.
  • (20) Membranous (M) cells within the dome epithelium of ileal Peyer's patches have been shown to provide selective antigen entry for mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue.

Dote


Definition:

  • (n.) A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n.
  • (n.) Natural endowments.
  • (v. i.) To act foolishly.
  • (v. i.) To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel.
  • (v. i.) To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; -- with on or upon; as, the mother dotes on her child.
  • (n.) An imbecile; a dotard.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The stigma of having no brothers or sisters meant that any acting up was immediately dismissed with a caustic, “Well, he is an only child.” The subtext was that my parents had doted on me excessively, inflating my sense of importance.
  • (2) Batty told the ABC in July that when he died Anderson doted on Luke and seemed to be a caring father.
  • (3) Oh, my God.” Rad is doing the rounds as a doting interviewee following his re-promotion to chief executive in August this year.
  • (4) Five nurses were trained to use the DOTES to rate the absence or presence and intensity of specific medication side effects.
  • (5) The Dosage Record Treatment Emergent Symptom Scale (DOTES) is a rating scale for measuring the presence and intensity of psychotropic medication side effects.
  • (6) Richard Vardon, representing Nevin at the appeal hearing, said the doting mother had been put in a terrible position by her housemate – and had been devastated to find herself separated from her children and in jail.
  • (7) Anyone who dotes on football warms to Arsenal, but you can celebrate the stylishness without assuming they are an irresistible force.
  • (8) The purposes of this pilot study are to (1) develop a protocol for training raters to use the DOTES, (2) assess inter-rater agreement, 3) examine the reasons for disagreement among raters to clarify training procedures and symptom definitions, and (4) further refine this instrument for use in clinical and research settings.
  • (9) In asserting that Chinese kids perform conspicuously well in school (that’s enough to make people nervous) Phillips is offering a think positive alternative to negative generalisations about black-on-black street violence or the propensity of a few teenagers from Pakistani homes to head for jihad instead of medical school as their doting parents planned.
  • (10) They aren't alone in this – it's one of the most basic human instincts, and for too long we have been telling men and boys that the only way they can be useful is by bringing home money to a doting wife and kids, or possibly by dying in a war.
  • (11) In Britain, where a handful of country's most iconic figures are held in high regard and the music press dotes on artists who straddle the country and indie-rock boundaries, the polish and sheen of the Nashville mainstream has never really translated.
  • (12) I've read Ronald Reagan's diaries and observed how much he doted on Nancy; and Laura Bush's memoirs, in which there's no doubt that her marriage to Dubya is a strong and happy one; as, surely, is Barack and Michelle's.
  • (13) This is hardly surprising: because it is harder for same-sex couples to have children, there is a positive selection for what are more likely to be doting parents.
  • (14) To determine the safety of the medication, a modified Dotes Secondary Effects Scale was used.
  • (15) Denmark's new leader is married to Stephen Kinnock; Neil and Glenys are doting grandparents to the couple's children, Johanna, 14, and Camilla, 11.
  • (16) While Hitler doted on his cultural fantasies, paintings were vanishing into fruit cellars and attics.
  • (17) Mrs Bennet has the ballast – the younger daughters and her own sheer energy for filling the air with noise – while Mr Bennet has the precision missiles: his sarcasm and the challenging aspect of Elizabeth, his dote.
  • (18) Being a parent, I figured a spot of controlled crying might help, and immediately vowed to write a column containing a section in which I dote and coo over babies in a manner calculated to make these people scream with revulsion, only to discover they're unable to do so on the page itself.
  • (19) Haryssa's godmother had doted on her, according to a neighbour, Bellefleur Jean Heber.
  • (20) Documentation was effected via the following examination instruments described and recommended by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), USA; CGI, BPRS, Dotes, APDI and PTR.

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