Sift vs Trawl - What's the difference?
sift | trawl |
To sieve or strain (something).
To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
To examine (something) carefully.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 28.
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A net or dragnet used for trawling.
A long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it; a setline.
To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.
To fish from a slow moving boat.
To make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area.
As verbs the difference between sift and trawl
is that sift is to sieve or strain (something) while trawl is to take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.As a noun trawl is
a net or dragnet used for trawling.sift
English
Verb
- But if we still carry on our sifting humour, and ask, What is the foundation of all conclusions from experience ? this implies a new question.
- It immediately occurred to him to sift her on the subject of Isabella and Theodore.