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Puled vs Puked - What's the difference?

puled | puked |

As verbs the difference between puled and puked

is that puled is (pule) while puked is (puke).

puled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (pule)

    • Anagrams

    *

    pule

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A plaintive melancholy whine

    • Verb

    (pul)
  • To whimper or to whine.
    • "Although the elderly man had some terrible turn of events before him, as well as mounting pain from his illness, he did not ever complain or pule ."

    References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989 ----

    puked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (puke)

    • puke

    English

    Etymology 1

    1581, first mention is the derivative . More at (l).

    Noun

  • (uncountable) vomit.
  • * 2007', '''', The Guardian Science blog, "The latest in the war on terror: the ' puke saber"
    • the puke saber [...] pulses light over rapidly changing wavelengths, apparently inducing "disorientation, nausea and even vomiting"
  • (countable) A drug that induces vomiting.
  • (countable) A worthless, despicable person.
    • Synonyms
    * See * (person) rotter

    Verb

    (puk)
  • (transitive, and, intransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.
  • * 1599 ,
    • At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms
    Synonyms
    * See
    Derived terms
    * puker

    Etymology 2

    (en)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • A fine grade of woolen cloth
    • 1599 ,
  • :* Puke -stocking caddis garter
  • A very dark, dull, brownish-red color.

    • References

    * wollencloth: Word Detective * The Universal Dictionary of English, 1896, 4 vols: "Of a dark colour, said to be between black and russet." ----