Paint vs Sully - What's the difference?

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Paint is a related term of sully.

As a noun paint

is a paint horse.

As a verb sully is

to soil or stain; to dirty.

paint

English

(wikipedia paint)

Noun

A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.

(in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.

* 2007 , Jesse Guthrie, Catherine's Addiction (page 116)

René went back into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on, got out his paints and started on a new painting. He felt inspired.

(basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with ''the''.

The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint .

(uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.

I am running low on paint for my marker.

(poker, slang) A face card (king, queen, or jack).

(computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.

* 1993 , Emil Ihrig, CorelDRAW! 4 made easy

It combines traditional paint capabilities with photograph enhancement features.

* 1998 , Kit Laybourne, The animation book: a complete guide to animated filmmaking

Computer paint software operates similarly but adds features that are delightfully familiar and useful to artists trained in traditional graphics materials.

* 2001 , Maureen Sprankle, Problem Solving for Information Processing

If using a paint package, you must specify the color before you draw the line or shape.

Derived terms

* face paint * finger paint * like watching paint dry * Paint / Paint Horse * paintbrush * paint job * war paint

References

* Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

Verb

(en verb)

To apply paint to.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

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To apply in the manner that paint is applied.

To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

not painted with the crimson spots of blood

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

Cuckoo buds of yellow hue / Do paint the meadows with delight.

To create (an image) with paints.

to paint a portrait or a landscape

To practise the art of painting pictures.

I've been painting since I was a young child.

(computing) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.

* 1991 , Ernest R Tello, Object-oriented Programming for Windows

Sent to a minimized window when the icon's background must be filled before it is painted .

(figuratively) To depict or portray.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

Disloyal? / The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.

* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.

To color one's face by way of beautifying it.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

Let her paint an inch thick.

(transitive, military, slang) To direct a radar beam toward.

Derived terms

* painted lady * painted trillium * painted vulture * painter * painting * paint oneself into a corner * paint out * paint the town red * paint with a broad brush * repaint

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sully

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

to soil or stain; to dirty

He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.

* Roscommon

statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke

to damage or corrupt

He did not wish to sully his reputation with an ill-mannered comment.

* Atterbury

no spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity

To become soiled or tarnished.

* Francis Bacon

Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding.