What's the difference between mell and mull?

Mell


Definition:

  • (v. i. & t.) To mix; to meddle.
  • (n.) Honey.
  • (n.) A mill.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Due to the dramatic increase in international oil prices, the ethanol production by fermentation is presently becoming an attractive and feasible project for many countries Argentina has implemented an experimental national program of ethanol use as fuel and the standard procedure of Melle-Boinot is currently employed in sugar cane molasses fermentation.
  • (2) The ACLU charted a "cumulative set of restrictions" this year, added to restrictions in previous years, which has meant fewer clinics, more obstacles to health care, and "women being told we are too stupid to make decisions for ourselves" Louise Melling, ACLU's legal director, said in a press release.
  • (3) In what they hope will be the opening shot in a debate about the state of British democracy, the academics – Dr Andrew Mell of Corpus Christi College, Oxford; Simon Radford, of the University of Southern California; and historian Dr Seth Alexander Thévoz – conclude the probability of such an outcome is “approximately equivalent to entering the National Lottery and winning the jackpot five times in a row”.
  • (4) The violent Bedbound was about "me finding a real love for my father"; the daughter's pell-mell use of language was a twisted amplification of Walsh's own.
  • (5) Our recent three-proton-families model (Vasseur, van Melle, Frangne and Alvarado (1988) Biochem.
  • (6) Still, it is better than how the coalition is running pell-mell towards pre-election privatisation.
  • (7) David Melling has been in the trade since leaving school 35 years ago.
  • (8) Melle) as a primary growth (May), trimmed primary growth (early June) and regrowth (late June), and white clover (Trifolium repens cv.
  • (9) 23 men were treated during 1977-87 in a special hospital in Warsaw for infertility by administering the Mell-Krat scale, the Rorschach test, and a test consisting of drawing figures.
  • (10) And Harry Melling, now 25, who played Dudley Dursely, is to star next year in the London premiere of a play, Peddling , which he has written and already performed in to acclaim in New York.
  • (11) On the basis of our recent three-protons model for sucrase [Vasseur, van Melle, Frangne & Alvarado (1988) Biochem.
  • (12) But despite Mexico's jitters as the added three minutes ended in pell-mell fashion insipid failure was the endgame.
  • (13) The processing procedure is only helpful in eliminating the fish mell and making grinding and extracting easier.
  • (14) Mark Melling, senior director video and branded content, AOL As senior director of AOL video and branded content, Mark oversees all aspects of AOL’s video production, programming and syndication across its owned and operated properties – including The Huffington Post UK, Engadget, MAKERS and BUILD Series London.
  • (15) In its cheap version of grands projets, Glasgow built absurdly large housing estates and unfeasibly tall flats; in its pell-mell drive for modernity, it pushed urban motorways through the inner-city and razed entire settlements, so that (for examples) the city's east end lost two-thirds of its population and a place such as Springburn, which had once been a dense and distinctive community, barely existed beyond a name on the map.
  • (16) Will Jon have a big green blob of rosin in his glove tonight as he did in Game One, as seen on Vine and suggested by Cardinals farmhand Tyler Melling on a now deleted tweet?
  • (17) But we have an extension job at the minute and another in September that should keep us busy till Christmas.” While Melling thinks the trade is over the worst, he has noticed a change in the nature of building work.
  • (18) In other news, one Kai Melling has just sent me an email complaining about my pronunciation of Polish names.
  • (19) The results obtained at the National Institute for Animal Nutrition in Melle-Gontrode with the two step in vitro digestion technique and a developed cellulase method are illustrated more in detail.

Mull


Definition:

  • (n.) A thin, soft kind of muslin.
  • (n.) A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre.
  • (n.) A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
  • (n.) Dirt; rubbish.
  • (v. t.) To powder; to pulverize.
  • (v. i.) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; -- usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem.
  • (n.) An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
  • (v. t.) To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine.
  • (v. t.) To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The quantum leap in integration being mulled will not save Greece, rescue Spain's banks, sort out Italy, or fix the euro crisis in the short term.
  • (2) If we managed to import a German royal family, why is it not possible for us to also import the German housing system – slowly, bit by bit, along with their Christmas trees and mulled wine?
  • (3) Najam Sethi, editor of the weekly Friday Times, said: "The powers that be, that is the military and bureaucratic establishment, are mulling the formation of a national government, with or without the PPP [the ruling Pakistan People's party].
  • (4) Waizenhoffer and Mulling (1978) compared arterial and venous blood gases, but only drew a limited number of arterial samples at 12 and 24 hours.
  • (5) Many parents think hard about what kind of books to buy for their children; mull over the suitability of various TV shows and films; and compare the educational and entertainment value of different toys.
  • (6) Mercury vapor levels associated with grinding amalgam models and mulling amalgams in the palm of the hand following trituration have been measured in a dental laboratory in inhalation position.
  • (7) "The same is true every time we start mulling the prospect of attacking and bombing another country as though it's some abstract decision in a video game."
  • (8) While the Bank's monetary policy committee was forced to sit on its hands, counterparts on the European Central Bank were mulling whether to slash rates from 1.25%.
  • (9) I have tried them but don’t know what to do with them.” What matters is creating an environment that convinces, that allows the chemistry to be right: “Creating a world that feels as if they have been together for decades, choosing books for their shelves, deciding which mugs they are going to have, what their daily routine is.” In lieu of rehearsals, he spent three days in Paris with Rampling, mulling over her character.
  • (10) After leaving university, Gibbard mulled over the problem for a while and decided to try to solve it using a 3D printer, technology which by then becoming more affordable.
  • (11) Óscar García has offered his resignation following Brighton & Hove Albion's defeat in their play-off semi-final against Derby County , with the Spaniard likely to leave this week, despite being given time to mull over his decision.
  • (12) Police sources say the Cheshire chief constable, Simon Byrne, who has senior-level experience in the Met, is also mulling a bid.
  • (13) McCluskey is thought to be mulling over whether to stand again as general secretary in internal elections in 2018.
  • (14) "Obviously there was some difficult stuff for her to mull over in terms of the abuse, but she felt that I'd balanced it – which was my main concern – with the kind of pathos he had about him.
  • (15) The winning recipe: Mulled apple juice with camomile Photograph: afdhsofisa for the Guardian Mulled apple juice is basically all the spices of mulled wine added to apple juice instead.
  • (16) The Guardian understands that May’s team was still mulling over the issue as recently as Thursday evening, when senior figures said no decision had been taken.
  • (17) Looking back now I would have started out with far less optimism had I known how many hours I would spend in airless rooms, how many animated discussions, how many sleepless nights mulling over the pros and cons of settling the case.
  • (18) The move to create a new regulator has become becalmed as both press and government mull over the unsatisfactory and botched detail of the royal charter which is intended to enshrine its governance and independence.
  • (19) Mexicans mull response to Trump's wall: let migrants through – or boycott McDonald's?
  • (20) Whatever the outcome in 2015, the disaffected, idealistic young graduates currently mulling a Green vote will be restlessly looking for change, and will continue to pose questions for Labour well after 7 May 2015 Robert Ford is senior lecturer in politics at the University of Manchester

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