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Grammar Common Spelling Mistakes 2022-10-06 00:00

Does vs Dose: What's the Difference?

does vs dose

The words dose and does are often confused because it's easy to type them incorrectly. Do you know the difference?

Does is the third person form of the verb "do", e.g. He does this every morning.

A doe is also a female deer, so does can be the plural form of this noun.

Dose means "a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time" when used as a noun, e.g. Take one dose every four hours.

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  1. Does vs Dose Synonyms

Does vs Dose Synonyms

Some synonyms of dose are: drug, medicine.

Some synonyms of does are: executes, finishes, completes, operates.

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