As nouns the difference between hulk and sulk
is that hulk is a non-functional, but floating ship, usually stripped of rigging and equipment, and often put to other uses such as storage or accommodation while sulk is a state of sulking.
As verbs the difference between hulk and sulk
is that hulk is to remove the entrails of; to disembowel while sulk is to express ill humor or offense by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.
As a proper noun Hulk
is 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)
External links
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sulk
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(
en verb)
to express ill humor or offense by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.
Synonyms
* mope
Related terms
* sulkily
* sulky
Etymology 2
(
etyl) (
lena) sulcus.
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Anagrams
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