WordCmp.com

escape vs dodging

dodging vs escape

escape and dodging both are nouns.

escape is a verb but dodging is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
escape Yes No Yes No
dodging Yes No No No
As nouns, escape and dodging are synonyms defined as:
  • escape and dodging: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
Other synonyms of escape include evasion.
As nouns, dodging is a hypernym of escape; that is, dodging is a word with a broader meaning than escape:
  • escape: an avoidance of danger or difficulty
  • dodging: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
Other hypernyms of escape include avoidance, shunning, turning away.
escape (noun) dodging (noun)
the act of escaping physically nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
an avoidance of danger or difficulty
a means or way of escaping
a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
the discharge of a fluid from some container
a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
escape (verb) dodging (verb)
issue or leak, as from a small opening
fail to experience
escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
run away from confinement
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
Difference between escape and dodging

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.