The difference between Do and To-do
When used as nouns, do means a party, celebration, social function, whereas to-do means ado.
check bellow for the other definitions of Do and To-do
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Do as a verb (auxiliary):
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Examples:
"'Do you go there often?"
"I do not go there often."
"'Do not listen to him."
"But I do go sometimes."
"'Do tell us."
"It is important that he do come see me."
"I play tennis; she does too."
"They don't think it be like it is, but it do."
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Do as a verb (transitive):
To perform; to execute.
Examples:
"All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?"
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Do as a verb (obsolete):
To cause, make (someone) (do something).
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Do as a verb (intransitive, transitive):
To suffice.
Examples:
"it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do; this will do me, thanks."
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Do as a verb (intransitive):
To be reasonable or acceptable.
Examples:
"It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event."
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Do as a verb (transitive):
To have (as an effect).
Examples:
"The fresh air did him some good."
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Do as a verb (intransitive):
To fare, perform (well or poorly).
Examples:
"Our relationship isn't doing very well; how do you do?"
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Do as a verb (transitive, chiefly in questions):
To have as one's job.
Examples:
"What does Bob do? — He's a plumber."
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Do as a verb:
To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something)
Examples:
"Don't forget to do your report" means something quite different depending on whether you're a student or a programmer''."
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Do as a verb:
To cook.
Examples:
"I'll just do some eggs."
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Do as a verb (transitive):
To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
Examples:
"Let’s do New York also."
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Do as a verb (transitive):
To treat in a certain way.
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Do as a verb (transitive):
To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
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Do as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
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Do as a verb (transitive):
(see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
Examples:
"I did five years for armed robbery."
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Do as a verb (transitive):
To impersonate or depict.
Examples:
"They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer."
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Do as a verb (transitive, slang):
To kill.
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Do as a verb (transitive, slang):
To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
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Do as a verb (informal):
To punish for a misdemeanor.
Examples:
" He got done for speeding."
"Teacher'll do you for that!"
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Do as a verb (transitive, slang):
To have sex with. (See also do it)
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Do as a verb (transitive):
To cheat or swindle.
Examples:
"That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!"
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Do as a verb (transitive):
To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
Examples:
"the novel has just been done into English; I'm going to do this play into a movie"
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Do as a verb (transitive, intransitive):
To finish.
Examples:
"Aren't you done yet?"
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Do as a verb (UK, dated, intransitive):
To work as a domestic servant (with for).
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Do as a verb (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary):
Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
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Do as a verb (stock exchange):
To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
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Do as a verb (informal, transitive):
To make or provide.
Examples:
"Do they do haircuts there?"
"Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?"
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Do as a verb (informal, transitive):
To injure (one's own body part).
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Do as a verb (transitive):
To take drugs.
Examples:
"I do cocaine."
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Do as a verb (transitive, in the form ''be doing [somewhere]''):
To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
Examples:
"usex What's that car doing in our swimming pool?"
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Do as a noun (colloquial):
A party, celebration, social function.
Examples:
"We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday."
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Do as a noun (informal):
A hairdo.
Examples:
"Nice do!"
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Do as a noun:
Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
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Do as a noun (obsolete):
A deed; an act.
Examples:
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Do as a noun (archaic):
Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.
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Do as a noun (obsolete, UK, slang):
A cheat; a swindler.
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Do as a noun (obsolete, UK, slang):
An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.
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Do as a noun (music):
A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
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Do as an adverb (rare):
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To-do as a noun (archaic):
Ado.
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To-do as a noun:
A task that has been noted as one that must be completed, especially on a list.
Examples:
"My to-do list has been growing longer every day."
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To-do as a noun:
A fuss made over something, commotion.
Examples:
"I was embarrassed that they made such a big to-do out of my birthday."