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Sull vs Sulk - What's the difference?

sull | sulk |

As verbs the difference between sull and sulk

is that sull is to stop, to refuse to go on (of an animal - example - donkey or a possum plays dead) while sulk is to express ill humor or offense by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.

As nouns the difference between sull and sulk

is that sull is (obsolete) a plough while sulk is a state of sulking or sulk can be a furrow.

sull

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(en verb)
  • to stop, to refuse to go on (of an animal - example - donkey or a possum plays dead)
  • :* 1992': The mesteño had stopped and '''sulled in the road with its forefeet spread and he sat looking after her. — Cormac McCarthy, ''All The Pretty Horses

    • Etymology 2

    Anglo-Saxon (suluh), (sulh), a plough; compare Old High German suohili a little plough.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A plough.
    • (Ainsworth)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    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  • to express ill humor or offense by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.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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