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Hulk vs Abomination - What's the difference?

hulk | abomination |

As nouns the difference between hulk and abomination

is that hulk is a person resembling, especially physically, the hulk in the marvel comics universe while abomination is an abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit .

As a proper noun hulk

is (comics) a fictional comic-book character who gains superhuman strength when he becomes angry.

hulk

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • a non-functional, but floating ship, usually stripped of rigging and equipment, and often put to other uses such as storage or accommodation.
  • (archaic) any large ship that is difficult to maneuver
  • A big (and possibly clumsy) person
  • (bodybuilding): An excessively muscled person
  • Quotations
    ;large ship, difficult to maneuver * 1602 , Shakespeare, , act ii, scene 3 *: Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep. ;non-functioning, floating ship * 1918 , , Prelude'', as printed in ''Selected Stories , Oxford World's Classics (2002), paperback, page 83 *: They could see the lighthouse shining on Quarantine Island, and the green lights on the old coal hulks .

    Etymology 2

    Compare Middle Low German holken to hollow out, and similar Swedish word.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To remove the entrails of; to disembowel.
  • to hulk a hare
    (Beaumont and Fletcher)

    abomination

    English

    Alternative forms

    * abhomination (obsolete) * abominacioun (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.
  • The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing.
  • (obsolete) A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution.
  • That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred; very often with religious undertones.
  • * Antony, most large in his abominations . Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, III-vi
  • Synonyms

    * detestation * loathing * abhorrence * disgust * aversion * loathsomeness * odiousness

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