Difference between Sully and Stain

What is the difference between Sully and Stain?

Sully as a verb is to soil or stain; to dirty while Stain as a verb is to discolour something

Sully

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to soil or stain; to dirty to damage or corrupt

Stain

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A discoloured spot or area.A blemish on one's character or reputation.A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To discolour somethingTo taint or tarnish someone's character or reputationTo coat a surface with a stainTo treat a microscope specimen with a dye

Example sentence: The word 'racist' is a permanent stain against my name. It's worse than a criminal record. Some people will never forgive me. Others will accept I made a terrible mistake and recognise I have learnt from it. It's on YouTube when my kids type in their dad's name, and it comes up 'Jamie Vardy racist'. On Google, too. It's horrible.

We hope you now know whether to use Sully or Stain in your sentence.

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