different between lull vs peace

English

Etymology

From Middle English lullen, lollen. Originally, perhaps expressive in origin from la-la-la or lu-lu-lu sounds made in calming a child.

Cognate with Scots lul, lule, loll (“to lull, put to sleep, howl, caterwaul”), Dutch lollen (“to sing badly, caterwaul”), Dutch lullen (“to chatter, prate, cheat, deceive”), Low German lullen (“to lull”), German lullen (“to lull”), Danish lulle (“to lull, sing to sleep”), Swedish lulla (“to lull”), Icelandic lulla (“to lull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

lull (plural lulls)

1. A period of rest or soothing.
2. A period of reduced activity; a respite
3. (nautical) A period without waves or wind.
   • 1839, The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1839, p. 26:

     […] during the lull, wind shifted to S. E. […]

   • 1875, W. G. Wilson, Report of the Midnapore and Burdwan Cyclone of the 15th and 16th of October 1874, p. 74:

     After the lull the wind does not appear to have blown with any great strength […]

   • 2016, David Houghton and Fiona Campbell, Wind Strategy, not paginated

     The air under each cloud has spent time near the surface, has been slowed and backed by friction—it is a lull.

4. (surfing) An extended pause between sets of waves.
   • 1992, John Warlaumont, The Noaa Diving Manual, p. 19-19

     It is advisable to leave the surf zone during the lull between sets of larger waves, waiting outside the surf zone for a lull.

   • 808surfer.com forum (password needed)

     About 2 hours in, a long lull cleared everyone out, and then it started getting a little more consistent and pushing chest ta neck high.

Translations

Verb

lull (third-person singular simple present lulls, present participle lulling, simple past and past participle lulled)

1. (transitive) To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm

   Synonyms: soothe, quiet
2. (intransitive) To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.

   The storm lulled.

Derived terms

• belull
• lullful
• lullsome

Synonyms

• (To cause to rest): appease

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English pes, pais, pees, borrowed from Anglo-Norman peis and Old French pais (“peace”), from Latin p?x (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh??- (“to fasten, stick, place”), related to Latin pac?scor (“agree, stipulate”), Latin pang? (“fasten, fix”); see pact. Displaced native Middle English frith, frede (“peace”) (from Old English friþ, fr?od (“peace”)), Middle English sib, sibbe (“peace”) (from Old English sibb (“peace, kinship”)), Middle English grith (“peace, security”) (from Old English griþ and Old Norse grið), Middle English saht, saught (“peace, reconciliation”) (from Old English seht, sæht (“peace, pact, agreement”)). Doublet of pax.

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?s, IPA^(key): /pi?s/
• Rhymes: -i?s
• Homophone: piece

Noun

peace (usually uncountable, plural peaces)

1. A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.

   Synonyms: (poetic) frith; see also Thesaurus:calm

   Antonyms: disruption, violence

2. A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.

3. Harmony in personal relations.
4. A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.

   Antonyms: war, violence

   • 1969 March 31, John Lennon, Bagism Press Conference at Sacher Hotel, Vienna

     Now, a lot of cynics have said, “Oh, it’s easy to sit in bed for seven days,” but I’d like some of them to try it, and talk for seven days about peace. All we’re saying is give peace a chance.

   • 1993, Marky Berry as "King Harkinian", a character in Animation Magic, Link: The Faces of Evil, Philips Interactive Media (publ.).

Derived terms

Pages starting with “peace”.

Related terms

• pacific
• pacify
• pacification
• pacifism
• pacifist

Translations

Interjection

peace

1. (archaic) Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.
2. (slang) Shortened form of peace out; goodbye.

Verb

peace (third-person singular simple present peaces, present participle peacing, simple past and past participle peaced)

1. To make peace; to put at peace; to be at peace.
   • 1997, Yusuf Jah, Shah'Keyah Jah, Uprising, page 49:

     Within every hood they have to be peacing with themselves. Then when you're living in peace with yourself, [...]
2. (slang) To peace out.

Further reading

Wikiversity

• peace in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• peace in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.