lues vs dose

lues and dose both are nouns.

lues is not a verb while dose is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lues	Yes	No	No	No
dose	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, dose is a hypernym of lues; that is, dose is a word with a broader meaning than lues:

lues: a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
dose: a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

Other hypernyms of lues include Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, STD, VD, venereal disease, venereal infection, Venus's curse.

lues (noun)	dose (noun)
a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)	a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
	street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
	the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
	a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

lues (verb)	dose (verb)
	administer a drug to
	treat with an agent; add (an agent) to

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