The difference between Dog and Track
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 track means a mark left by something that has passed along.
When used as verbs, dog means to pursue with the intent to catch, whereas track means to observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dog and Track
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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."
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Dog as a noun:
A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch (often attributive).
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Dog as a noun (slang, derogatory):
A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
Examples:
"She’s a real dog."
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Dog as a noun (slang):
A man (derived from definition 2).
Examples:
"You lucky dog!"
"He's a silly dog."
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Dog as a noun (slang, derogatory):
A coward.
Examples:
"Come back and fight, you dogs!"
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Dog as a noun (derogatory):
Someone who is morally reprehensible.
Examples:
"You dirty dog."
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Dog as a noun (slang):
A sexually aggressive man (cf. horny).
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Dog as a noun:
Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
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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)
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Dog as a noun:
A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
Examples:
"The dogs were too hot to touch."
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Dog as a noun (cartomancy):
The eighteenth Lenormand card.
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Dog as a noun:
A hot dog.
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Dog as a noun (poker, _, slang):
Underdog.
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Dog as a noun (slang, almost always, _, in the plural):
Foot.
Examples:
"uxi My dogs are barking! My feet hurt!"
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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."
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Dog as a noun:
One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
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Dog as a verb (transitive):
To pursue with the intent to catch.
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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."
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Dog as a verb (transitive, nautical):
To fasten a hatch securely.
Examples:
"It is very important to dog down these hatches..."
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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."
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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."
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Track as a noun:
A mark left by something that has passed along.
Examples:
"Follow the track of the ship."
"Can you see any tracks in the snow?"
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Track as a noun:
A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
Examples:
"The fox tracks were still visible in the snow."
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Track as a noun:
The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
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Track as a noun:
A road or other similar beaten path.
Examples:
"Follow the track for a hundred metres."
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Track as a noun:
Physical course; way.
Examples:
"Astronomers predicted the track of the comet."
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Track as a noun:
A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
Examples:
"The athletes ran round the track."
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Track as a noun:
The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
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Track as a noun (railways):
The way or rails along which a train moves.
Examples:
"They briefly closed the railway to remove debris found on the track."
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Track as a noun:
A tract or area, such as of land.
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Track as a noun:
Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
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Track as a noun (automotive):
The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree (also track width)
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Track as a noun (automotive):
Short for caterpillar track.
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Track as a noun (cricket):
The pitch.
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Track as a noun:
Sound stored on a record.
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Track as a noun:
The physical track on a record.
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Track as a noun (music):
A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence
Examples:
"My favourite track on the album is "Sunshine"."
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Track as a noun:
A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
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Track as a noun (uncountable, sports):
The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
Examples:
"I'm going to try out for track next week."
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Track as a noun:
A session talk on a conference.
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Track as a verb (transitive):
To continue observing over time. To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time. To monitor the movement of a person or object. To match the movement or change of a person or object. To travel so that a moving object remains in shot. To move.
Examples:
"We will track the raven population over the next six months."
"Agent Miles has been tracking the terrorist since Madrid."
"My height tracks my father's at my age, so I might end up as tall as him."
"The camera tracked the ball even as the field of play moved back and forth, keeping the action in shot the entire time."
"The hurricane tracked further west than expected."
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Track as a verb (transitive):
To follow the tracks of. To discover the location of a person or object. To leave in the form of tracks.
Examples:
"My uncle spent all day tracking the deer, whose hoofprints were clear in the mud."
"I tracked Joe to his friend's bedroom, where he had spent the night."
"In winter, my cat tracks mud all over the house."
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Track as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive):
To create a musical recording (a track). To create music using tracker software.
Examples:
"Lil Kyle is gonna track with that DJ next week."
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