The difference between Do and Pull

When used as nouns, do means a party, celebration, social function, whereas pull means an act of pulling (applying force).

Pull is also verb with the meaning: to apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.

check bellow for the other definitions of Do and Pull

  1. Do as a verb (auxiliary):

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    Examples:

    "'Do you go there often?"

    "I do not go there often."

    "'Do not listen to him."

    "But I do go sometimes."

    "'Do tell us."

    "It is important that he do come see me."

    "I play tennis; she does too."

    "They don't think it be like it is, but it do."

  2. Do as a verb (transitive):

    To perform; to execute.

    Examples:

    "All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?"

  3. Do as a verb (obsolete):

    To cause, make (someone) (do something).

  4. Do as a verb (intransitive, transitive):

    To suffice.

    Examples:

    "it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do; this will do me, thanks."

  5. Do as a verb (intransitive):

    To be reasonable or acceptable.

    Examples:

    "It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event."

  6. Do as a verb (transitive):

    To have (as an effect).

    Examples:

    "The fresh air did him some good."

  7. Do as a verb (intransitive):

    To fare, perform (well or poorly).

    Examples:

    "Our relationship isn't doing very well; how do you do?"

  8. Do as a verb (transitive, chiefly in questions):

    To have as one's job.

    Examples:

    "What does Bob do? — He's a plumber."

  9. Do as a verb:

    To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something)

    Examples:

    "Don't forget to do your report" means something quite different depending on whether you're a student or a programmer''."

  10. Do as a verb:

    To cook.

    Examples:

    "I'll just do some eggs."

  11. Do as a verb (transitive):

    To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.

    Examples:

    "Let’s do New York also."

  12. Do as a verb (transitive):

    To treat in a certain way.

  13. Do as a verb (transitive):

    To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.

  14. Do as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.

  15. Do as a verb (transitive):

    (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.

    Examples:

    "I did five years for armed robbery."

  16. Do as a verb (transitive):

    To impersonate or depict.

    Examples:

    "They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer."

  17. Do as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To kill.

  18. Do as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.

  19. Do as a verb (informal):

    To punish for a misdemeanor.

    Examples:

    " He got done for speeding."

    "Teacher'll do you for that!"

  20. Do as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To have sex with. (See also do it)

  21. Do as a verb (transitive):

    To cheat or swindle.

    Examples:

    "That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!"

  22. Do as a verb (transitive):

    To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.

    Examples:

    "the novel has just been done into English; I'm going to do this play into a movie"

  23. Do as a verb (transitive, intransitive):

    To finish.

    Examples:

    "Aren't you done yet?"

  24. Do as a verb (UK, dated, intransitive):

    To work as a domestic servant (with for).

  25. Do as a verb (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary):

    Used to form the present progressive of verbs.

  26. Do as a verb (stock exchange):

    To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.

  27. Do as a verb (informal, transitive):

    To make or provide.

    Examples:

    "Do they do haircuts there?"

    "Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?"

  28. Do as a verb (informal, transitive):

    To injure (one's own body part).

  29. Do as a verb (transitive):

    To take drugs.

    Examples:

    "I do cocaine."

  30. Do as a verb (transitive, in the form ''be doing [somewhere]''):

    To exist with a purpose or for a reason.

    Examples:

    "usex What's that car doing in our swimming pool?"

  1. Do as a noun (colloquial):

    A party, celebration, social function.

    Examples:

    "We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday."

  2. Do as a noun (informal):

    A hairdo.

    Examples:

    "Nice do!"

  3. Do as a noun:

    Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).

  4. Do as a noun (obsolete):

    A deed; an act.

    Examples:

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  5. Do as a noun (archaic):

    Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.

  6. Do as a noun (obsolete, UK, slang):

    A cheat; a swindler.

  7. Do as a noun (obsolete, UK, slang):

    An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.

  1. Do as a noun (music):

    A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.

  1. Do as an adverb (rare):

  1. Pull as a noun:

    An act of pulling (applying force)

    Examples:

    "He gave the hair a sharp pull and it came out."

  2. Pull as a noun:

    An attractive force which causes motion towards the source

    Examples:

    "The spaceship came under the pull of the gas giant."

    "iron fillings drawn by the pull of a magnet"

    "She took a pull on her cigarette."

  3. Pull as a noun:

    Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope

    Examples:

    "a zipper pull"

  4. Pull as a noun (slang, dated):

    Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing.

    Examples:

    "In weights the favourite had the pull."

  5. Pull as a noun:

    Appeal or attraction (as of a movie star)

  6. Pull as a noun (Internet, uncountable):

    The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology

  7. Pull as a noun:

    A journey made by rowing

  8. Pull as a noun (dated):

    A contest; a struggle.

    Examples:

    "a wrestling pull"

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  9. Pull as a noun (obsolete, poetic):

    Loss or violence suffered.

  10. Pull as a noun (slang):

    The act of drinking.

    Examples:

    "to take a pull at a mug of beer"

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  11. Pull as a noun (cricket):

    A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.

  12. Pull as a noun (golf):

    A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.

  1. Pull as a verb (transitive, intransitive):

    To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.

    Examples:

    "When I give the signal, pull the rope."

    "You're going to have to pull harder to get that cork out of the bottle."

  2. Pull as a verb:

    To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.

    Examples:

    "to pull fruit from a tree; to pull flax; to pull a finch"

  3. Pull as a verb:

    To attract or net; to pull in.

  4. Pull as a verb:

    To draw apart; to tear; to rend.

  5. Pull as a verb (ambitransitive, UK, Ireland, slang):

    To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.

    Examples:

    "I pulled at the club last night."

    "He's pulled that bird over there."

  6. Pull as a verb (transitive):

    To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.

    Examples:

    "Each day, they pulled the old bread and set out fresh loaves."

  7. Pull as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To do or perform.

    Examples:

    "He regularly pulls 12-hour days, sometimes 14."

    "You'll be sent home if you pull another stunt like that."

  8. Pull as a verb (transitive):

    To retrieve or generate for use.

    Examples:

    "I'll have to pull a part number for that."

  9. Pull as a verb:

    To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.

  10. Pull as a verb (intransitive):

    To row.

  11. Pull as a verb (transitive):

    To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).

  12. Pull as a verb (video games, ambitransitive):

    To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.

  13. Pull as a verb:

    To score a certain amount of points in a sport.

  14. Pull as a verb (horse-racing):

    To hold back, and so prevent from winning.

    Examples:

    "The favourite was pulled."

  15. Pull as a verb (printing, dated):

    To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever.

  16. Pull as a verb (cricket, golf):

    To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)

  17. Pull as a verb (UK):

    To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.

    Examples:

    "Let's stop at Finnigan's. The barman pulls a good pint."

  18. Pull as a verb (rail transportation, US, of a railroad car):

    To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.

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