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Sulk vs Moan - What's the difference?

sulk | moan |

As nouns the difference between sulk and moan

is that sulk is a state of sulking while moan is a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.

As verbs the difference between sulk and moan

is that sulk is to express ill humor or offense by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn while moan is to complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.

sulk

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • a state of sulking.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to express ill humor or offense by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.
    • Synonyms
    * mope
    Related terms
    * sulkily * sulky

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena) sulcus.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A furrow.

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    moan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.7:
    • Much did the Craven seeme to mone his case […].
  • * Prior
    • Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan / My dear Columbo, dead and gone.
  • (obsolete) To distress (someone); to sadden.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • which infinitely moans me
  • To make a moan or similar sound.
  • To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.
    • ‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned .
  • (colloquial) To complain; to grumble.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * moaner * moany

    Related terms

    * bemoan

    See also

    * murmur * protest * lament

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