Doctor
Doctor verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.
Usage example: slightly doctored his standard campaign speech for a collegiate audience
Edit
Edit verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.
Usage example: the restaurant chef has edited several of his gourmet dishes for preparation by the home cook
Doctor and edit are semantically related in rewrite topic. Sometimes you can use "Doctor" instead a verb "Edit".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- In another episode, the Doctor discovers that some photos he's taken have been manipulated to edit out a crew member.
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She is a medical doctor and as compassionate as the Doctor, but she's also cold-blooded enough to abandon the Doctor, steal the TARDIS and edit history to the point where the Nazis have a Moonbase and have beaten the Daleks (think about that for a second).
Source: Those Wacky Nazis - After Doctor Light's rape of Sue Dibny, the Justice League had Zatanna edit his mind and convert him, not into a hero, but into a Harmless Villain.
Source: HeelFace Brainwashing
Cite this Source
Edit and Doctor. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/doctor/edit
Doctor & Edit. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/doctor/edit>.
Edit or Doctor. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/doctor/edit.
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