What's the difference between haul and paul?

Haul


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To pull or draw with force; to drag.
  • (v. t.) To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill.
  • (v. i.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t.
  • (v. t.) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
  • (n.) A pulling with force; a violent pull.
  • (n.) A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.
  • (n.) That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net.
  • (n.) Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul.
  • (n.) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) One tip was that he should not mention he was flying to Germany as "obviously" the environmentalists "hate short-haul flights".
  • (2) Suffice to say, it was a long, difficult haul with various scares and alarms along the way.
  • (3) Two more wins against the claret and blues of West Ham and Aston Villa would take Tottenham to 72 points, equalling their Premier League record haul set last season.
  • (4) They learned from a good example.” His replacement, Diego Costa, duly hauled the hosts level by scoring his 20th league goal of an impressive first campaign in English football from the penalty spot after John O’Shea tripped Cuadrado.
  • (5) After hauling the food back to the cottage, they drew up a rota for the cooking, with some preparing breakfast for the group, and others sharing the duties for lunch and dinner.
  • (6) Zack Snyder's comic-book reimagining, which opens in the UK and US this Friday, is being tipped for an impressive box office haul.
  • (7) In Northern Ireland, the APD charge is £13 for short haul, while the charge for long haul has been abolished.
  • (8) "Some of you may have heard we have a new judge this year," said Forsyth, summoning his finest brow-raise and hauling the audience at least temporarily on side by sheer force of showbiz will.
  • (9) Sir Bobby Charlton, who is now a United director, will not have his record haul of 49 England goals taken from him just yet.
  • (10) In early November, I was contacted by my good friend Jamie Stone, who said he wanted to go and offered his truck and trailer to haul supplies.
  • (11) "This is an important day for the United Kingdom, but you can't haul the country of the United Kingdom against the will of its people.
  • (12) Tory MPs aware of the discussions in the party point to a deal on cheap air passenger duty for long-haul flights from Belfast, announced last week, as the kind of offer that may persuade DUP MPs to back the boundary reforms.
  • (13) Over the following years, he was hauled in again and again, questioned over and over, before finally, he decided to leave.
  • (14) The committee's final haul accounted for about 20% of roughly $78m in contributions this election cycle.
  • (15) Politicians including the prime minister were highly visible during a Games that delivered the best British medal haul for more than a century, but practitioners such as Jon Glenn, head of youth and community at the Amateur Swimming Association, said: "The government needs to start showing by its actions that it values physical activity.
  • (16) Just when Poland seemed to be labouring, two touches of blissful simplicity hauled them level.
  • (17) Studies of transzonal travel indicate that desynchronization of performance and physiological rhythms occurs following long-haul flights.
  • (18) The army was equally quick to crack down, hauling offenders off for “attitude adjustment” or worse.
  • (19) Soldado could have embellished his open-play haul just before that but glanced a header inches wide from a Paulinho cross.
  • (20) The ones that are standing today were hauled back into place from the 1950s onwards.

Paul


Definition:

  • (n.) See Pawl.
  • (n.) An Italian silver coin. See Paolo.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is 30 years since Paul Canoville became the first black footballer to play for Chelsea.
  • (2) Paul Johnson, the IFS director, said: “Osborne’s new fiscal charter is much more constraining than his previous fiscal rules.
  • (3) Arrogant, narcissistic, egotistical, brilliant – all of that I can handle in Paul,” Levinson writes.
  • (4) There is no deal done regarding Paul Pogba, lots of bla bla bla,” the Dutchman wrote on Twitter .
  • (5) At the moment the MPA makes the appointments in consultation with the Met commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson.
  • (6) They include two leading Republican hopefuls for the presidential race in 2016, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio; three of them enjoy A+ rankings from the NRA and a further eight are listed A. Rand Paul of Kentucky The junior senator's penchant for filibusters became famous during his nearly 13-hour speech against the use unmanned drones, and he is one of three senators who sent an initial missive to Reid , warning him of another verbose round.
  • (7) Meanwhile the Brooklyn Nets, who have been dealing with nothing but bad news since the start of the regular season, will be without Paul Pierce for 2-4 weeks, also due to a right hand fracture.
  • (8) Paul Doyle Kick-off Sunday midday Venue St Mary’s Stadium Last season Southampton 2 Leicester City 2 Live Sky Sports 1 Referee Michael Oliver This season G 18, Y 60, R 1, 3.44 cards per game Odds H 5-6 A 4-1 D 5-2 Southampton Subs from Taylor, Martina, Stephens, Davis, Rodriguez, Sims, Ward-Prowse Doubtful Bertrand, Davis, Van Dijk (all match fitness) Injured Boufal (knee, Jan), Hesketh (ankle, Feb), Targett (hamstring, Feb), Austin (shoulder, Mar), Pied (knee, Jun), Gardos (knee, unknown) Suspended None Form DWLLLL Discipline Y37 R2 Leading scorer Austin 6 Leicester City Subs from Zieler, Hamer, Wasilewski, Gray, Fuchs, James, Okazaki, Hernández, Kapustka, King Doubtful None Injured None Suspended None Unavailable Amartey, Mahrez, Slimani (Africa Cup of Nations) Form LDLWDL Discipline Y44 R1 Leading scorers Slimani, Vardy 5
  • (9) Serological findings in five cases where Paul-Bunnel Davidsohn (PBD) test results were misleading, are presented.
  • (10) It wasn't the best marriage – Jackie left me in 1962 when my first son, Paul, was 18 months old.
  • (11) Betfair says Dixon is one of a new set of "ambassadors" including rugby's Will Greenwood, racing's Paul Nicholls and cricket's Michael Vaughan.
  • (12) 8.59pm BST Mary and Paul would have received death threats if Ruby had won, I think.
  • (13) May is due to announce that Dennis Stevenson, a former HBOS chairman and a mental health campaigner, will lead a review alongside Paul Farmer, the chief executive of the mental health charity Mind.
  • (14) Mallon's finance and resources director, Paul Slocombe, thinks Pickles's argument is "slightly disingenuous" because the funding was part of the last spending review, which ends on 31 March.
  • (15) Even Paul Bright had to get a private charity to fund half his work.
  • (16) We see a lot of verbal gymnastics by these candidates at public events,” said Paul S Ryan at the Campaign Legal Center.
  • (17) Asked about white predominance in the sport, South African rugby journalist Paul Dobson replied: "If you suggest that again I'll get annoyed and put the phone down.
  • (18) Paul Vickers, the legal director of the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror, said the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) – announced on Monday – was being fast-tracked in an attempt to kill off accusations that big newspaper groups are conspiring to delay the introduction of a new regulator backed by royal charter.
  • (19) Aston Villa Football Club has parted company this evening with manager Paul Lambert ,” it read.
  • (20) "Building societies and other mutual lenders continue to play a dominant role in supporting members of the UK public looking to buy a new home," said Paul Broadhead, head of mortgage policy at the BSA.