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Mull vs Mulm - What's the difference?

mull | mulm |

As nouns the difference between mull and mulm

is that mull is a thin, soft muslin while mulm is the sludge that collects at the bottom of an aquarium, consisting of fish excrement, decaying plant matter, and other assorted dreck.

As a verb mull

is to work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; usually with over.

As a proper noun Mull

is an island in the Inner Hebrides.

mull

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(en verb)
  • To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; usually with over.
  • to mull a thought or a problem
    he paused to mull over his various options before making a decision
  • * 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
  • It was the germ of a thought, which, however, was destined to mull around in his conscious and subconscious mind until it resulted in magnificent achievement.
  • To powder; to pulverize.
  • To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
  • To heat and spice something, such as wine.
  • To join two or more individual windows at mullions.
  • To dull or stupefy.
  • Derived terms
    * mulled wine, mulled cider

    Noun

  • A thin, soft muslin.
  • (uncountable) Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
  • A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
  • The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
  • An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
  • Synonyms
    * See also

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A promontory.
  • the Mull of Kintyre
  • A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
  • Etymology 3

    Probably related to mould.

    Noun

    (-)
  • dirt; rubbish
  • (Gower)
    ----

    mulm

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The sludge that collects at the bottom of an aquarium, consisting of fish excrement, decaying plant matter, and other assorted dreck.