Mulling vs Meditate - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between mulling and meditate

is that mulling is while meditate is to contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.

is the act of one who mulls or thinks over something.

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(en noun)

The act of one who mulls or thinks over something.

* 2001 , Charles Stickney, World Enough: Travel Memoirs (page 333)

My mullings over where to go with my life, and now also where to go after Phuket island, incorporated what I saw in my everyday walks

(meditation)

To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.

To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.

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