The difference between Dope and Substance
When used as nouns, dope means any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface, whereas substance means physical matter.
When used as verbs, dope means to affect with drugs, whereas substance means to give substance to.
Dope is also adjective with the meaning: amazing.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dope and Substance
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Dope as a noun (uncountable):
Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
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Dope as a noun (uncountable):
An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.
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Dope as a noun (uncountable, aeronautics):
Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.
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Dope as a noun (uncountable, slang):
Any illicit or narcotic drug that produces euphoria or satisfies an addiction; particularly heroin.
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Dope as a noun (uncountable, slang):
Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports.
Examples:
"What's the latest dope on the stock market?"
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Dope as a noun (uncountable, fireams):
Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target.
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Dope as a noun (countable, slang):
A stupid person.
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Dope as a noun (US, Ohio):
dessert topping
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Dope as a verb (transitive, slang):
To affect with drugs.
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Dope as a verb (transitive):
To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).
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Dope as a verb (transitive, electronics):
To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).
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Dope as a verb (slang):
To use drugs; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs in sporting competitions.
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Dope as a verb (slang, transitive, dated):
To judge or guess; to predict the result of.
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Dope as an adjective (slang):
Amazing.
Examples:
"That party was dope!"
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Substance as a noun:
Physical matter; material.
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Substance as a noun:
The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
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Substance as a noun:
Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
Examples:
"Some textile fabrics have little substance."
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Substance as a noun:
Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
Examples:
"a man of substance'"
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Substance as a noun:
A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
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Substance as a noun:
Drugs
Examples:
"'substance abuse"
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Substance as a noun (theology):
Hypostasis.
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Substance as a verb (rare, transitive):
To give substance to; to make real or substantial.