doctor vs heel

doctor and heel both are nouns.

doctor and heel both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
doctor	Yes	No	Yes	No
heel	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, heel is a hyponym of doctor; that is, heel is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than doctor:

doctor: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
heel: put a new heel on

Other hyponyms of doctor include fiddle, tinker, fill, patch, piece, cobble, point, repoint, trouble-shoot, troubleshoot, patch, patch up, resole, sole, revamp, vamp, reheel, darn.

doctor (noun)	heel (noun)
children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office	the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
a licensed medical practitioner	(golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution	the lower end of a ship's mast
	the back part of the human foot
	one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
	someone who is morally reprehensible

doctor (verb)	heel (verb)
give medical treatment to	put a new heel on
alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive	strike with the heel of the club
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken	perform with the heels
	follow at the heels of a person
	tilt to one side

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