Curl vs Hurl - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between curl and hurl

is that curl is to make into a curl or spiral while hurl is to utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.

In intransitive terms the difference between curl and hurl

is that curl is to move in curves while hurl is to participate in the sport of hurling.

curl

English

Noun

(en noun)

A piece or lock of curling hair; a ringlet.

* 1866 , (Louisa May Alcott), , chapter 7:

she took it down, looked long and fondly at it, then, shaking her curls about her face, as if to hide the act, pressed it to her lips and seemed to weep over it in an uncontrollable paroxysm of tender grief.

* {{quote-book, year=1910, author=(Emerson Hough)

, title= The Purchase Price, chapter=1 , passage=Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=17 citation , passage=The face which emerged was not reassuring. […]. He was not a mongol but there was a deficiency of a sort there, and it was not made more pretty by a latter-day hair cut which involved eccentrically long elf-locks and oiled black curls .}}

A curved stroke or shape.

* 1995 , John Curtis, Julian Reade, & Dominique Collon, Art and Empire: Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum? , page 184:

the backs of their necks and their forelegs are decorated with curls and their necks and bodies are covered with fine, undulating lines.

A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.

* 1909 , Harold Horsfall Hilton, The Six Handicap Golfer's Companion ^{[http://books.google.com/books?id=fZ0XAAAAYAAJ]}, page 38:

It is possible to use the wind which blows from the left to the right by playing well into the wind with the slightest bit of curl on the ball […]

(curling) Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.

(weightlifting) Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.

* 2007 (Jan/Feb), Jon Crosby, "Your Winter Muscle Makeover", Men's Health , page 54:

Now do a curl and an overhead press, keeping your palms facing in.

(calculus) The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.

* 1995 , Erich Prisner, Graph dynamics :

In 2D, when Q is a polygonal domain, the singularities of Type (2) disappear because ?'' is the scalar curl''' of ''u'' and is such that its vectorial ' curl is zero.

(calculus, proper noun) The vector operator, denoted

\rm{curl}\;

\vec{\nabla}\times\vec{\left(\cdot\right)}

, that generates this field.

(agriculture) Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.

* 1840 , "Farmers' Department", The Family Magazine , volume 1, page 227:

These potatoes, however, planted the next year, have a fair yield, untouched by the curl .

(music, chiefly, lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.

Synonyms

* (lock of curling hair) ringlet * (curved stroke or shape) curlicue, curve, flourish, loop, spiral

Antonyms

* (weightlifting exercise) extension

Derived terms

* barbell curl * biceps curl * cable curl * concentration curl * curlicue * curliness * curly * dumbbell curl * hammer curl * high-cable curl * leaf curl * leg curl * machine curl * preacher curl * reverse curl * scalar curl * trunk curl * wrist curl * Zottman curl

Verb

(en verb)

(lb) To cause to move in a curve.

*1998 , Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch? , p.70:

*:He picked the ball up about forty yards out on the left wing, left a trail of Arsenal defenders in his wake, and curled the ball round Geoff Barnett as he came right out into the far corner.

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 12, author=Saj Chowdhury, work=BBC

, title= Liverpool 2-1 Liverpool , passage=Campbell should have scored but missed with a header from four yards at the far post before Taylor-Fletcher came close to adding a second when he curled an effort over the stranded Reina, who should have been punished for a poor clearance.}}

To make into a curl or spiral.

*2004 , Jacquelyn Mitchard, Twelve Times Blessed? , p.249:

*:She curls her spine; she wedges a pillow between her knees.

(lb) To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.

*1847 , , ? , Ch.XXXI:

*:It seemed to me that Mr. St. John's under lip protruded, and his upper lip curled a moment.

(lb) To move in curves.

*1977 , (w, Scott O'Dell), Carlota? , p.1:

*:Clouds curled down from the mountains.

*2007 , John Coyne, The Caddie Who Knew Ben Hogan? , p.97:

*:The ball curled to a stop within six inches of the hole.

To take part in the sport of curling.

To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.

*2008 , Joseph Lee Klapper, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Boosting Your Metabolism? , p.119:

*:When curling the weight, bring the barbell up toward the chin, then return it to its starting position. Keep your elbows and upper arms as immobile as possible to isolate the biceps.

To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.

*(George Gascoigne) (c.1535-1577)

*:Curl their locks with bodkins and with braid.

*:There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled , frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;.

To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.

*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:Thicker than the snaky locks / That curled Megaera.

*(George Herbert) (1593-1633)

*:Curling with metaphors a plain intention.

To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:Seas would be pools without the brushing air / To curl the waves.

(lb) To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.

Synonyms

* (to make into a curl or spiral) arch, coil, roll up * (to assume the shape of a curl or spiral) coil, roll up * (to move in curves) curve, spiral

Antonyms

* (to make into a curl or spiral) straighten, uncoil, unroll * (to assume the shape of a curl or spiral) straighten, uncoil, unroll

Derived terms

* curled * curler * curl up * curl someone's hair * curling * curling iron * curling tongs

hurl

English

Verb

To throw (something) with force.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=September 2 , author= , title=Wales 2-1 Montenegro , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The Tottenham wing was causing havoc down the right and when he broke past the bemused Sasa Balic once again, Bellamy was millimetres from connecting with his cross as the Liverpool striker hurled himself at the ball.}}

* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IV

I was standing on the edge of the conning-tower, when a heavy palm suddenly struck me between the shoulders and hurled me forward into space. The drop to the triangular deck forward of the conning-tower might easily have broken a leg for me, or I might have slipped off onto the deck and rolled overboard; but fate was upon my side, as I was only slightly bruised.

* 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5

Tarzan on his part never lost an opportunity to show that he fully reciprocated his foster father's sentiments, and whenever he could safely annoy him or make faces at him or hurl insults upon him from the safety of his mother's arms, or the slender branches of the higher trees, he did so.

To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.

The gangs hurled abuse at each other.

* {{quote-book

, year=1984 , title=New International Version of the Bible , section=Mark 15:29-30 , passage=Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, come down from the cross and save yourself!"}}

To participate in the sport of hurling.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=August 3 , author=Donnchadh Boyle , title=Egan targets Rebel success to rescue poor season , work=Irish Independent citation , page= , passage=Their cause was helped after the senior footballers were unexpectedly dumped out of the running for the Sam Maguire, meaning Aidan Walsh is available to hurl full-time with the young Rebels -- Walsh scored 1-1 in the semi-final victory over reigning All-Ireland champions Tipperary.}}

(slang) To vomit.

Pass me the bucket; I've got to hurl .

(obsolete) To twist or turn.

* Hooker

hurled or crooked feet

Noun

(en noun)

A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling.

He managed a hurl of 50.3 metres.

A hurl of abuse.

(Congreve)

The act of vomiting.

(hurling) The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley.

(Ulster) (car) ride

(obsolete) tumult; riot; hurly-burly

(obsolete) A table on which fibre is stirred and mixed by beating with a bow spring.

Curl vs Hurl - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between curl and hurl

In intransitive terms the difference between curl and hurl

curl

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Noun

Synonyms

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Verb

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hurl

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Verb

Noun