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Sulled vs Defiled - What's the difference?

sulled | defiled |

As verbs the difference between sulled and defiled

is that sulled is (sull) while defiled is (defile).

As an adjective defiled is

impure; dirty.

sulled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (sull)

    • 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) ----

    defiled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • impure; dirty

    • See also

    * sullied * tainted

    Verb

    (head)
  • (defile)

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