doctor vs vamp

doctor and vamp both are nouns.

doctor and vamp both are verbs.

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

As verbs, vamp is a hyponym of doctor; that is, vamp 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
vamp: provide (a shoe) with a new vamp

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

doctor (noun)	vamp (noun)
children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office	piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe
a licensed medical practitioner	an improvised musical accompaniment
a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution	a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

doctor (verb)	vamp (verb)
give medical treatment to	provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive	act seductively with (someone)
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken	piece (something old) with a new part
	make up

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