Lull vs Sull - What's the difference?
lull | sull |
A period of rest or soothing
(nautical) a period without waves or wind.
(surfing) An extended pause between sets of waves.
To .
* Spenser
* Milton
To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.
to stop, to refuse to go on (of an animal - example - donkey or a possum plays dead)
:* 1992': The mesteño had stopped and '''sulled in the road with its forefeet spread and he sat looking after her. — Cormac McCarthy, ''All The Pretty Horses
As nouns the difference between lull and sull
is that lull is a period of rest or soothing while sull is (obsolete) a plough.As verbs the difference between lull and sull
is that lull is to while sull is to stop, to refuse to go on (of an animal - example - donkey or a possum plays dead).lull
English
Noun
(en noun)- About 2 hours in, a long lull cleared everyone out, and then it started getting a little more consistent and pushing chest ta neck high — 808surfer.com forum [http://www.808surfer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5611&sid=89085fc4ffa26528388fbcce5f7faf50]
Verb
(en verb)- to lull him soft asleep
- Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, / To lull the daughters of necessity.
- The storm lulled .