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Sue vs Sux - What's the difference?

sue | sux |

As verbs the difference between sue and sux

is that sue is while sux is (nonstandard|slang) sucks (in the sense of being inferior or objectionable).

As a noun sux is

(informal) suxamethonium.

sue

English

Verb

  • To follow.
  • * , Bk.XIII, Ch.iv:
    • And the olde knyght seyde unto the yonge knyght, ‘Sir, swith me.’
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queen) , III.iv:
    • though oft looking backward, well she vewd, / Her selfe freed from that foster insolent, / And that it was a knight, which now her sewd , / Yet she no lesse the knight feard, then that villein rude.
  • (label) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
  • (label) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
  • To clean (the beak, etc.).
  • To leave high and dry on shore.
  • To court.

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    Derived terms

    * sue for peace

    Related terms

    * ensue * suit

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    sux

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (informal) Suxamethonium.

    • Verb

  • (nonstandard, slang) Sucks (in the sense of being inferior or objectionable).
  • * 2000 , Jean Davies Okimoto, To Jaykae: Life Stinx
    • The whole thing really sux too. i got caught skipping and the school called my mom.
  • * 2007 , Windows Vista magazine (Winter 2007)
    • You can post updates about your life and your new friends will reply: "OMG that sux ", "LOL you are teh funnay!"...
  • * 2007 , Gary Denne, The Matt Zander Journals
    • Totally sux . I'd even settle for an in-depth conversation about the weather right now. I'm not used to being alone like this.

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