The difference between Cloy and Pall

When used as verbs, cloy means to fill up or choke up, whereas pall means to cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall.


Pall is also noun with the meaning: fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cloy and Pall

  1. Cloy as a verb (transitive):

    To fill up or choke up; to stop up.

  2. Cloy as a verb (transitive):

    To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.

  3. Cloy as a verb (transitive):

    To fill to loathing; to surfeit.

  1. Pall as a noun (archaic, poetic):

    Fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes. A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse. A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist. A cloth used for various purposes on the altar in a church, such as a or .

  2. Pall as a noun (archaic):

    An outer garment; a cloak, mantle, or robe. Something that covers or surrounds like a cloak; in particular, a cloud of dust, smoke, etc., or a feeling of fear or gloom. Especially in Roman Catholicism: a . A charge representing an archbishop's pallium, having the form of the letter Y charged with crosses.

    Examples:

    "The early election results cast a pall over what was supposed to be a celebration."

    "A pall came over the crowd when the fourth goal was scored."

    "synonyms cross-palpairle"

  1. Pall as a verb (transitive):

    To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall.

  1. Pall as a noun (obsolete, rare):

    A feeling of nausea caused by disgust or overindulgence.

  1. Pall as a verb (transitive):

    To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken.

  2. Pall as a verb (intransitive):

    To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste.

    Examples:

    "The liquor palls."