Sullied vs Smutted - What's the difference?
sullied | smutted |
(smut)
(uncountable) Soot.
(uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
(uncountable) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
* Addison
(derogatory) A promiscuous woman.
Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.
(mining) Bad, soft coal containing earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
To stain (or be stained) with soot etc.
To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
To taint (grain, etc.) with the smut fungus.
To clear of the smut fungus.
As verbs the difference between sullied and smutted
is that sullied is (sully) while smutted is (smut).As an adjective sullied
is defiled or tainted, soiled or stained.smutted
English
Verb
(head)smut
English
Noun
- He does not stand upon decency but will talk smut , though a priest and his mother be in the room.
Synonyms
* (soot) filth * (sexually vulgar or pornographic material) filth * (promiscuous woman) slutDerived terms
* corn smut * smuttyVerb
- (Mortimer)
- (Francis Bacon)
- to smut grain for the mill
