The difference between Dog and Trail

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 trail means the track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.

When used as verbs, dog means to pursue with the intent to catch, whereas trail means to follow behind (someone or something).

check bellow for the other definitions of Dog and Trail

  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. Trail as a verb (transitive):

    To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).

    Examples:

    "The hunters trailed their prey deep into the woods."

  2. Trail as a verb (transitive):

    To drag (something) behind on the ground.

    Examples:

    "You'll get your coat all muddy if you trail it around like that."

  3. Trail as a verb (transitive):

    To leave (a trail of).

    Examples:

    "He walked into the house, soaking wet, and trailed water all over the place."

  4. Trail as a verb (transitive):

    To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.

    Examples:

    "His new film was trailed on TV last night."

    "There were no surprises in this morning's much-trailed budget statement."

  5. Trail as a verb:

    To be losing, to be behind in a competition.

  6. Trail as a verb (military):

    To carry (a firearm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.

  7. Trail as a verb:

    To flatten (grass, etc.) by walking through it; to tread down.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Longfellow"

  8. Trail as a verb (dated):

    To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.

  1. Trail as a noun:

    The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.

  2. Trail as a noun:

    A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.

  3. Trail as a noun:

    A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.

  4. Trail as a noun (graph theory):

    A walk in which all the edges are distinct.

Compare words:

Compare with synonyms and related words: