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
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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!"
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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."
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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."
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Dob as a verb (slang, Northern Ireland):
To play truant
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Dob as a noun:
A small amount of something, especially paste.
Examples:
"Put a dob of butter on the potato, please."
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Dob as a noun:
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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.
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Inform as a verb (archaic, transitive):
To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).
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Inform as a verb (transitive):
To communicate knowledge to.
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Inform as a verb (intransitive):
To impart information or knowledge.
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Inform as a verb:
To act as an informer; denounce.
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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."
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Inform as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.
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Inform as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To direct, guide.
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Inform as a verb (archaic, intransitive):
To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
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Inform as an adjective:
Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.
Examples:
"rfquotek Cotton"