The difference between Dob and Inform

When used as verbs, dob means to report (a person) to someone in authority for a wrongdoing, whereas inform means to instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).


Dob is also noun with the meaning: a small amount of something, especially paste.

Inform is also adjective with the meaning: without regular form.

check bellow for the other definitions of Dob and Inform

  1. Dob as a verb (slang, chiefly, Australia, and, _, UK):

    To report (a person) to someone in authority for a wrongdoing.

    Examples:

    "I’ll dob on you if you break in."

    "You dobbed me in!'' — ''I never did!"

  2. Dob as a verb (slang, chiefly, Australia):

    To do one's share; to contribute.

    Examples:

    "We all dobbed in for a gift when he retired."

  3. Dob as a verb (slang, chiefly, Australia):

    To nominate a person, often in their absence, for an unpleasant task.

    Examples:

    "I arrived just after the meeting had started and found myself dobbed in to take the minutes."

  4. Dob as a verb (slang, Northern Ireland):

    To play truant

  1. Dob as a noun:

    A small amount of something, especially paste.

    Examples:

    "Put a dob of butter on the potato, please."

  1. Dob as a noun:

  1. Dob as a verb (intransitive, sometimes, humorous):

    In the scouting movement, to chant dob to indicate that one will do one's best to follow the scouting laws.

  1. Inform as a verb (archaic, transitive):

    To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).

  2. Inform as a verb (transitive):

    To communicate knowledge to.

  3. Inform as a verb (intransitive):

    To impart information or knowledge.

  4. Inform as a verb:

    To act as an informer; denounce.

  5. Inform as a verb (transitive):

    To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.).

    Examples:

    "His sense of religion informs everything he writes."

  6. Inform as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.

  7. Inform as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To direct, guide.

  8. Inform as a verb (archaic, intransitive):

    To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.

  1. Inform as an adjective:

    Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

    Examples:

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