Dope vs. Cool — What's the Difference?

A drug taken illegally for recreational purposes, especially cannabis

Neither warm nor very cold; moderately cold

A stupid person

Giving or suggesting relief from heat

Information about a subject, especially if not generally known

Marked by calm self-control

A varnish formerly applied to fabric surfaces of aircraft to strengthen them and keep them airtight.

Marked by indifference, disdain, or dislike; unfriendly or unresponsive

Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to inhibit or enhance sporting performance

Of, relating to, or characteristic of colors, such as blue and green, that produce the impression of coolness.

Smear or cover with varnish or other thick liquid

Knowledgeable or aware of the latest trends or developments

Add an impurity to (a semiconductor) to produce a desired electrical characteristic.

Excellent; first-rate

Very good

Acceptable; satisfactory

A narcotic, especially an addictive narcotic.

(Slang) Entire; full

Narcotics considered as a group.

(Informal) In a casual manner; nonchalantly

An illicit drug, especially marijuana.

To make less warm.

A narcotic preparation used to stimulate a racehorse.

To make less ardent, intense, or zealous

(Informal) A stupid person; a dolt.

(Physics) To reduce the molecular or kinetic energy of (an object).

(Informal) Factual information, especially of a private nature.

To become less warm

(Chemistry) An absorbent or adsorbent material used in certain manufacturing processes, such as the nitroglycerin used in making dynamite.

To become calmer

A type of lacquer formerly used to protect, waterproof, and tauten the cloth surfaces of airplane wings.

A cool place, part, or time

Chiefly Southern US A carbonated soft drink containing an extract of the kola nut and other flavorings.

The state or quality of being cool.

Lower Northern US Syrup or sweet sauce poured on ice cream.

Composure; poise

To administer a narcotic to

Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.

To add a narcotic to

Allowing or suggesting heat relief.

To administer a performance-enhancing substance to (an athlete).

Of a color, in the range of violet to green.

To subject (an athlete) to blood doping.

Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.

(Electronics) To treat (a semiconductor) with a dopant.

Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.

To take narcotics or a performance-enhancing substance.

Calmly audacious.

To engage in blood doping.

Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

Excellent; outstanding.

(informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.

(uncountable) Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.

(informal) In fashion and fancy, part of or befitting the most leading trends and habits of the in crowd; originally hipster slang.

(uncountable) An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.

(informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.

Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.

(informal) Very interesting or exciting.

Any of various recreational substances:

(informal) (followed by with) Able to tolerate; to be fine with.

Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports.

(informal) (of a pair of people) holding no grudge against one another; having no beef.

Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target.

(sarcastic) (of an act or situation)'' annoying, irritating.

A stupid person.

A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.

Dessert topping.

A calm temperament.

To affect with drugs.

The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.

(transitive) To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).

To lose heat, to get colder.

To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).

To make cooler, less warm.

To use drugs; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs in sporting competitions.

To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

To judge or guess; to predict the result of.

To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

(slang) Amazing; cool.

(transitive) To kill.

Any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as of opium for medicinal purposes, of grease for a lubricant, etc.

Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.

Any preparation, as of opium, used to stupefy or, in the case of a race horse, to stimulate.

Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.

An absorbent material; esp., in high explosives, the sawdust, infusorial earth, mica, etc., mixed with nitroglycerin to make a damp powder (dynamite, etc.) less dangerous to transport, and ordinarily explosive only by suitable fulminating caps.

Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.

Information concerning the previous performances of race horses, or other facts concerning them which may be of assistance in judging of their chances of winning future races; similar information concerning other sports; by extension, any information not generally known, especially when coming from an inside source; as, the inside dope.

Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.

An ignorant or stupid person.

Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.

To treat or affect with dope; as, to dope nitroglycerin;

Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

To judge or guess; to predict the result of, as by the aid of dope.

A moderate state of cold; coolness; - said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.

To impregnate with a dopant.

To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.

Street names for marijuana

To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.

An ignorant or foolish person

To become less hot; to lose heat.

Carbonated drink flavored with extract from Kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States)

To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.

Slang terms for inside information;

The quality of being cool;

Take drugs to improve one's athletic performance

Great coolness and composure under strain;

Add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties;

Make cool or cooler;

Give a narcotic to;

Loose heat;

Lose intensity;

Neither warm or very cold; giving relief from heat;

Marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional;

(color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets;

Psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike;

Used of a number or sum and meaning without exaggeration or qualification;

Fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept;