Hall vs. Hull

Hall vs. Hull — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Hall and Hull

Hallnoun

A corridor; a hallway.

The drinking fountain was out in the hall.

Hullnoun

The outer covering of a fruit or seed.

Hallnoun

A meeting room.

The hotel had three halls for conferences, and two were in use by the convention.

Hullnoun

Any covering.

Hallnoun

A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).

The duke lived in a great hall overlooking the sea.

Hullnoun

The body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane.

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Hallnoun

A building providing student accommodation at a university.

The student government hosted several social events so that students from different halls would intermingle.

Hullnoun

The smallest set that possesses a particular property (such as convexity) and contains every point of A; slightly more formally, the intersection of all sets which possess the specified property and of which A is a subset.

The orthogonal convex hull of an orthogonal polygon is the smallest orthogonally convex polygon that encloses the original polygon.holomorphically convex hull; affine hull; injective hull

Hallnoun

The principal room of a secular medieval building.

Hullverb

To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.

She sat on the back porch hulling peanuts.

Hallnoun

(obsolete) Cleared passageway through a crowd.

Hullverb

To drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled.

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Hallnoun

(India) A living room.

Hullverb

(transitive) To hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc.

Hallnoun

an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open;

the elevators were at the end of the hall

Hullnoun

dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut

Hallnoun

a large entrance or reception room or area

Hullnoun

persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry

Hallnoun

a large room for gatherings or entertainment;

lecture hallpool hall

Hullnoun

United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843)

Hallnoun

a college or university building containing living quarters for students

Hullnoun

United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)

Hallnoun

the large room of a manor or castle

Hullnoun

a large fishing port in northeastern England

Hallnoun

English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)

Hullnoun

the frame or body of ship

Hallnoun

United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924)

Hullverb

remove the hulls from;

hull the berries

Hallnoun

United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914)

Hallnoun

United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871)

Hallnoun

United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907)

Hallnoun

a large and imposing house

Hallnoun

a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research;

halls of learning

Hallnoun

a large building for meetings or entertainment