The difference between Dodge and Shun
When used as verbs, dodge means to avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way, whereas shun means to avoid, especially persistently.
Dodge is also noun with the meaning: an act of dodging.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dodge and Shun
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Dodge as a verb (ambitransitive):
To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
Examples:
"He dodged traffic crossing the street."
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Dodge as a verb (transitive, figuratively):
To avoid; to sidestep.
Examples:
"The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply."
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Dodge as a verb (archaic):
To go hither and thither.
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Dodge as a verb (photography):
To decrease the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them darker (compare ).
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Dodge as a verb (transitive):
To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
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Dodge as a verb (ambitransitive, dated):
To trick somebody.
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Dodge as a noun:
An act of dodging.
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Dodge as a noun:
A trick, evasion or wile.
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Dodge as a noun (slang):
A line of work.
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Shun as a verb (transitive):
To avoid, especially persistently.
Examples:
"Acrophobes shun mountaineering."
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Shun as a verb (transitive):
To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).
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Shun as a verb (transitive):
To screen, hide.
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Shun as a verb (transitive):
To shove, push.