Mullet vs Cullet - What's the difference?
mullet | cullet |
A fish of the family Mugilidae (the grey mullets).
A fish of the family Mullidae, especially the genus Mullus , (the s).
A hairstyle where the hair is kept short on the top and sides and long at the back.
* 2008 , Danielle Corsetto,
(slang) A person who mindlessly follows a fad, a trend, or a leader.
Scrap glass which is melted down for reuse.
A small central plane in the back of a cut gem.
As nouns the difference between mullet and cullet
is that mullet is a fish of the family Mugilidae (the grey mullets) while cullet is scrap glass which is melted down for reuse.mullet
English
Etymology 1
(Mugilidae) From (etyl) mulet (now ‘grey mullet’), from (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* haarder * springerDerived terms
* black mullet * black true mullet * bright mullet * bully mullet * callifaver mullet * common grey mullet * common mullet * finger mullet * flathead mullet * flathead grey mullet * gray mullet * hardgut mullet * mangrove mullet * popeye mullet * red mullet * river mullet * sea mullet * striped mullet * stunned mulletEtymology 2
Or mullethead, possibly derived from the fish (see Etymology 1) or from mull'' (meaning ''to stupefy ) though neither is certain.http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/mullet.htmlEtymology 3
Apparently coined (and popularized) by hip hop group the .Noun
(en noun)Girls With Slingshots 406
- – Maybe it’s a curly fro.
- – Maybe every day is bad hair day!
- – Maybe it’s a mullet !