The difference between Dog and Guy

When used as nouns, dog means a mammal, canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding, whereas guy means an effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the gunpowder plot (5th november).

When used as verbs, dog means to pursue with the intent to catch, whereas guy means to exhibit an effigy of guy fawkes around the 5th november.

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  1. Dog as a noun:

    A mammal, Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.

    Examples:

    "The dog barked all night long."

  2. Dog as a noun:

    A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch (often attributive).

  3. Dog as a noun (slang, derogatory):

    A dull, unattractive girl or woman.

    Examples:

    "She’s a real dog."

  4. Dog as a noun (slang):

    A man (derived from definition 2).

    Examples:

    "You lucky dog!"

    "He's a silly dog."

  5. Dog as a noun (slang, derogatory):

    A coward.

    Examples:

    "Come back and fight, you dogs!"

  6. Dog as a noun (derogatory):

    Someone who is morally reprehensible.

    Examples:

    "You dirty dog."

  7. Dog as a noun (slang):

    A sexually aggressive man (cf. horny).

  8. Dog as a noun:

    Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.

  9. Dog as a noun:

    A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet-wheel, to restrain the back action; a click or pawl. (See also: ratchet, windlass)

  10. Dog as a noun:

    A metal support for logs in a fireplace.

    Examples:

    "The dogs were too hot to touch."

  11. Dog as a noun (cartomancy):

    The eighteenth Lenormand card.

  12. Dog as a noun:

    A hot dog.

  13. Dog as a noun (poker, _, slang):

    Underdog.

  14. Dog as a noun (slang, almost always, _, in the plural):

    Foot.

    Examples:

    "uxi My dogs are barking! My feet hurt!"

  15. Dog as a noun (Cockney rhyming slang):

    (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.

    Examples:

    "My dog is dead. My mobile-phone battery has run out of charge and is no longer able to function."

  16. Dog as a noun:

    One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.

  1. Dog as a verb (transitive):

    To pursue with the intent to catch.

  2. Dog as a verb (transitive):

    To follow in an annoying or harassing way.

    Examples:

    "The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step."

  3. Dog as a verb (transitive, nautical):

    To fasten a hatch securely.

    Examples:

    "It is very important to dog down these hatches..."

  4. Dog as a verb (intransitive, emerging usage in, _, British):

    To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.

    Examples:

    "I admit that I like to dog at my local country park."

  5. Dog as a verb (intransitive, transitive):

    To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.

    Examples:

    "A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it."

  1. Guy as a noun (British):

    An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).

  2. Guy as a noun (dated):

    A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright".

  3. Guy as a noun (colloquial):

    A man, fellow.

  4. Guy as a noun (especially, in the plural):

    A person .

  5. Guy as a noun (colloquial, of animals and sometimes objects):

    Thing, creature.

    Examples:

    "The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy."

  6. Guy as a noun (colloquial, figuratively):

    Thing, unit.

    Examples:

    "This guy, here, controls the current, and this guy, here, measures the voltage."

    "This guy is the partial derivative of that guy with respect to x."

  7. Guy as a noun (informal, term of address):

    Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man.

    Examples:

    "Hey, guy, give a man a break, would ya?"

  1. Guy as a verb (intransitive):

    To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.

  2. Guy as a verb (transitive):

    To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.

  3. Guy as a verb (theatre, transitive):

    To play in a comedic manner.

  1. Guy as a noun (obsolete, rare):

    A guide; a leader or conductor.

  2. Guy as a noun (primarily, nautical):

    A support rope or cable used to guide, steady or secure something which is being hoisted or lowered.

  3. Guy as a noun (primarily, nautical):

    A support to secure or steady something prone to shift its position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension-bridge).

  1. Guy as a verb:

    To equip with a support cable.

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