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Defiled vs Sully - What's the difference?

defiled | sully |

As verbs the difference between defiled and sully

is that defiled is (defile) while sully is to soil or stain; to dirty.

As an adjective defiled

is impure; dirty.

defiled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • impure; dirty

    • See also

    * sullied * tainted

    Verb

    (head)
  • (defile)

    • Anagrams

    *

    sully

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • to soil or stain; to dirty
    • He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.
  • * Roscommon
    • statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke
  • to damage or corrupt
    • He did not wish to sully his reputation with an ill-mannered comment.
  • * Atterbury
    • no spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity
  • To become soiled or tarnished.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding.