The difference between Dodge and Skirt
When used as nouns, dodge means an act of dodging, whereas skirt means an article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.
When used as verbs, dodge means to avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way, whereas skirt means to be on or form the border of.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dodge and Skirt
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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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Skirt as a noun:
An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.
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Skirt as a noun:
The part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.
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Skirt as a noun:
A loose edging to any part of a dress.
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Skirt as a noun:
A petticoat.
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Skirt as a noun (pejorative, slang):
A woman.
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Skirt as a noun (UK, colloquial):
Women collectively, in a sexual context.
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Skirt as a noun (UK, colloquial):
Sexual intercourse with a woman.
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Skirt as a noun:
Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
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Skirt as a noun:
The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
Examples:
"rfquotek Dunglison"
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Skirt as a verb:
To be on or form the border of.
Examples:
"The plain was skirted by rows of trees."
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Skirt as a verb:
To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
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Skirt as a verb:
To cover with a skirt; to surround.
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Skirt as a verb:
To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something).
Examples:
"He skirted the issue of which parties to attend by staying at home instead."