Sully vs Besoil - What's the difference?
sully | besoil |
to soil or stain; to dirty
* Roscommon
to damage or corrupt
* Atterbury
To become soiled or tarnished.
* Francis Bacon
In lang=en terms the difference between sully and besoil
is that sully is to become soiled or tarnished while besoil is to cover with or as with soil; stain; sully.As verbs the difference between sully and besoil
is that sully is to soil or stain; to dirty while besoil is to cover with or as with soil; stain; sully.sully
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
- He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.
- statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke
- He did not wish to sully his reputation with an ill-mannered comment.
- no spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity
- Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding.
