Stillness vs Lull - What's the difference?
stillness | lull | Related terms |
The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
* 1603 , , II. iii. 186:
A period of rest or soothing
(nautical) a period without waves or wind.
(surfing) An extended pause between sets of waves.
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* Spenser
* Milton
To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.
As nouns the difference between stillness and lull
is that stillness is the quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity while lull is a period of rest or soothing.As a verb lull is
to cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.stillness
English
Noun
- The gravity and stillness of your youth / The world hath noted;
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 .