Hull vs Rib - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between hull and rib

is that hull is the outer covering of a fruit or seed or hull can be the body or frame of a vessel such as a ship or plane while rib is any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.

As verbs the difference between hull and rib

is that hull is to remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed or hull can be (obsolete|intransitive|nautical) to drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled while rib is to shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.

hull

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

The outer covering of a fruit or seed

Synonyms

* (outer covering of fruit or seed ): husk, shell

Derived terms

* ahull * monohull * multihull * twinhull * tank hull * hull-down

Verb

(en verb)

To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.

She sat on the back porch hulling peanuts.

Synonyms

* (to remove hull of a fruit or seed ): peel, husk, shell, shuck

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain; perhaps the same word as Etymology 1, above.

Noun

(en noun)

The body or frame of a vessel such as a ship or plane

* Dryden

Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light.

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete, intransitive, nautical) To drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled

*, II.1:

*:We goe not, but we are carried: as things that flote, now gliding gently, now hulling violently, according as the water is, either stormy or calme.

To hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc.

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rib

English

Noun

(en noun)

Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum

A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something

A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones

(label) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull

Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength

(label) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault

(label) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth

(label) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf

A teasing joke

A single strand of hair.

A stalk of celery.

Verb

To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs

To tease or make fun of someone

To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.

* Shakespeare

(label) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).

Derived terms

{{der3, chuck rib , middle rib , ribcage , rib eye , ribgrass , rib-tickler , ribwort , spare rib , ribbed vault , grey rib}}

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