Dog vs. Man — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dog and Man
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Dog
The domestic dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. The dog derived from an ancient, extinct wolf, and the modern grey wolf is the dog's nearest living relative.
Man
A man is an adult male human. Prior to adulthood, a male human is referred to as a boy (a male child or adolescent).
Dog
A domesticated carnivorous mammal (Canis familiaris syn. Canis lupus subsp. familiaris) occurring as a wide variety of breeds, many of which are traditionally used for hunting, herding, drawing sleds, and other tasks, and are kept as pets.
Man
An adult male human.
Dog
Any of various carnivorous mammals of the family Canidae, such as the dingo.
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Man
A human regardless of sex or age; a person.
Dog
A male animal of the family Canidae, especially of a fox or a domesticated breed.
Man
A human or an adult male human belonging to a specific occupation, group, nationality, or other category. Often used in combination
A milkman.
A congressman.
A freeman.
Dog
Any of various other animals, such as the prairie dog.
Man
The human race; mankind
Man's quest for peace.
Dog
A person
You won, you lucky dog.
Man
A male human endowed with qualities, such as strength, considered characteristic of manhood.
Dog
A person regarded as contemptible
You stole my watch, you dog.
Man
A husband.
Dog
A person regarded as unattractive or uninteresting.
Man
A male lover or sweetheart.
Dog
Something of inferior or low quality
"The President had read the speech to some of his friends and they told him it was a dog" (John P. Roche).
Man
Workers.
Dog
An investment that produces a low return or a loss.
Man
Enlisted personnel of the armed forces
Officers and men.
Dog
Dogs(Slang) The feet.
Man
A male representative, as of a country or company
Our man in Tokyo.
Dog
See andiron.
Man
A male servant or subordinate.
Dog
(Slang) A hot dog; a wiener.
Man
(Informal) Used as a familiar form of address for a man
See here, my good man!.
Dog
Any of various hooked or U-shaped metallic devices used for gripping or holding heavy objects.
Man
One who swore allegiance to a lord in the Middle Ages; a vassal.
Dog
(Astronomy) A sundog.
Man
(Games) Any of the pieces used in a board game, such as chess or checkers.
Dog
Totally; completely. Often used in combination
Dog-tired.
Man
(Nautical) A ship. Often used in combination
A merchantman.
A man-of-war.
Dog
To track or trail persistently
"A stranger then is still dogging us" (Arthur Conan Doyle).
Man
Often Man(Slang) A person or group felt to be in a position of power or authority. Used with the
"Their writing mainly concerns the street life—the pimp, the junky, the forces of drug addiction, exploitation at the hands of 'the man'" (Black World).
Dog
To hold or fasten with a mechanical device
"Watertight doors and hatches were dropped into place and dogged down to give the ship full watertight integrity" (Tom Clancy).
Man
To supply with men, as for defense or service
Man a ship.
Dog
To be persistently or inescapably associated with
Questions about his youthful indiscretions dogged him throughout his career.
Man
To take stations at, as to defend or operate
Manned the guns.
Dog
To be recurrently or persistently in the mind; haunt
Despair dogged him in his final years.
Man
To fortify or brace
Manned himself for the battle ahead.
Dog
A mammal of the family Canidae:
Man
Used as an expletive to indicate intense feeling
Man! That was close.
Dog
The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding.
The dog barked all night long.
Man
An adult male human.
The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.
Dog
Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives extant and extinct; canid.
Man
(collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
Dog
A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.
Man
A human, a person regardless of gender, usually an adult. See usage notes.
Every man for himself
Dog
The meat of this animal, eaten as food:
Did you know that in South Korea, they eat dog?
Man
(collective) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. Sometimes capitalized as Man.
Dog
A person:
Man
A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
Dog
A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
She’s a real dog.
Man
A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
Dog
(slang) A man, guy, chap.
You lucky dog!
Man
An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
Dog
(derogatory) Someone who is cowardly, worthless, or morally reprehensible.
Come back and fight, you dogs!
You dirty dog.
Man
Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
Dog
(slang) A sexually aggressive man.
Man
A husband.
Dog
A mechanical device or support:
Man
A male lover; a boyfriend.
Dog
Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
Man
A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing. Used as the last element of a compound.
Some people prefer apple pie, but me, I’m a cherry pie man.
Dog
A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain the back action.
Man
A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. Used as the last element of a compound.
I wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead I’m a flag man on a road crew.
Dog
A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
The dogs were too hot to touch.
Man
A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
Dog
(cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.
Man
A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.
Dog
A hot dog: a frankfurter, wiener, or similar sausage; or a sandwich made from this.
Man
An adult male servant.
Dog
Underdog.
Man
(historical) A vassal; a subject.
All the king's men
Dog
Foot.
Man
A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
Dog
(Cockney rhyming slang) (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.
Man
(sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
Dog
One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
Man
: I, we; construed in the third person.
Dog
(informal) Something that performs poorly.
That modification turned his Dodge hemi into a dog.
Man
Any person, one
Dog
(film) A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.
Man
(transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
The ship was manned with a small crew.
Dog
(transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.
Man
(transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
Man the machine guns!
Dog
(transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.
The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step.
Man
To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. Compare man up.
Dog
To fasten a hatch securely.
It is very important to dog down these hatches.
Man
To wait on, attend to or escort.
Dog
To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.
I admit that I like to dog at my local country park.
Man
To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.
Dog
To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it.
Man
A human being; - opposed to beast.
These men went about wide, and man found they none,But fair country, and wild beast many [a] one.
The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.
'Tain't a fit night out for man nor beast!
Dog
(transitive) To criticize.
Man
An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child.
When I became a man, I put away childish things.
Ceneus, a woman once, and once a man.
Dog
To divide (a watch) with a comrade.
Man
The human race; mankind.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion.
The proper study of mankind is man.
Dog
(slang) Of inferior quality; dogshit.
Man
The male portion of the human race.
Woman has, in general, much stronger propensity than man to the discharge of parental duties.
Dog
A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (Canis familiaris).
Man
One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind.
This was the noblest Roman of them all . . . the elementsSo mixed in him that Nature might stand upAnd say to all the world "This was a man!"
Dog
A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?
Man
An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.
Like master, like man.
The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor.
Dog
A fellow; - used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog.
Man
A term of familiar address at one time implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose! In the latter half of the 20th century it became used in a broader sense as simply a familiar and informal form of address, but is not used in business or formal situations; as, hey, man! You want to go to a movie tonight?.
Dog
One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).
Man
A married man; a husband; - correlative to wife.
I pronounce that they are man and wife.
Every wife ought to answer for her man.
Dog
An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.
Man
One, or any one, indefinitely; - a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun.
A man can not make him laugh.
A man would expect to find some antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old rostrum of a Roman ship.
Dog
A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them.
Man
One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played.
Dog
An ugly or crude person, especially an ugly woman.
Man
To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort.
See how the surly Warwick mans the wall !
They man their boats, and all their young men arm.
Dog
A hot dog.
Man
To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify.
Dog
To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity.
I have been pursued, dogged, and waylaid.
Your sins will dog you, pursue you.
Eager ill-bred petitioners, who do not so properly supplicate as hunt the person whom they address to, dogging him from place to place, till they even extort an answer to their rude requests.
Man
To tame, as a hawk.
Dog
A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds;
The dog barked all night
Man
To furnish with a servant or servants.
Dog
A dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman;
She got a reputation as a frump
She's a real dog
Man
To wait on as a manservant.
Dog
Informal term for a man;
You lucky dog
Man
An adult male person (as opposed to a woman);
There were two women and six men on the bus
Dog
Someone who is morally reprehensible;
You dirty dog
Man
Someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force;
Two men stood sentry duty
Dog
A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
Man
The generic use of the word to refer to any human being;
It was every man for himself
Dog
A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
Man
All of the inhabitants of the earth;
All the world loves a lover
She always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women
Dog
Metal supports for logs in a fireplace;
The andirons were too hot to touch
Man
Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae
Dog
Go after with the intent to catch;
The policeman chased the mugger down the alley
The dog chased the rabbit
Man
A male subordinate;
The chief stationed two men outside the building
He awaited word from his man in Havana
Man
An adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent);
The army will make a man of you
Man
A male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman;
She takes good care of her man
Man
A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer;
Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man
Man
One of the British Isles in the Irish Sea
Man
Game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games;
He taught me to set up the men on the chess board
He sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage
Man
Take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place;
Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning
Man
Provide with men;
We cannot man all the desks
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