The difference between Hull and Span

When used as nouns, hull means the outer covering of a fruit or seed, whereas span means the space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended.

When used as verbs, hull means to remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed, whereas span means to traverse the distance between.

check bellow for the other definitions of Hull and Span

  1. Hull as a noun:

    The outer covering of a fruit or seed

  1. Hull as a verb:

    To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.

    Examples:

    "She sat on the back porch hulling peanuts."

  1. Hull as a noun:

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

  2. Hull as a noun (mathematics, geometry, of a set A):

    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.

    Examples:

    "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"

  1. Hull as a verb (obsolete, intransitive, nautical):

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

  2. Hull as a verb (transitive):

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

  1. Span as a noun:

    The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.

  2. Span as a noun (by extension):

    A small space or a brief portion of time.

    Examples:

    "He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes."

  3. Span as a noun (architecture, construction):

    The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.

  4. Span as a noun (architecture, construction):

    The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.

  5. Span as a noun (nautical):

    A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.

  6. Span as a noun (US, Canada):

    A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.

  7. Span as a noun (mathematics):

    The space of all linear combinations of something.

  1. Span as a verb:

    To traverse the distance between.

    Examples:

    "The suspension bridge spanned the canyon as tenuously as one could imagine."

  2. Span as a verb:

    To cover or extend over an area or time period.

    Examples:

    "The parking lot spans three acres."

    "The novel spans three centuries."

    "World record! 5 GHz WiFi connection spans 189 miles.'' [http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/world-record-5ghz-wifi-connection-spans-189-miles/]"

  3. Span as a verb:

    To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object.

    Examples:

    "to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder"

  4. Span as a verb (mathematics):

    to generate an entire space by means of linear combinations

  5. Span as a verb (intransitive, US, dated):

    To be matched, as horses.

  6. Span as a verb:

    To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.

  1. Span as a verb (archaic, nonstandard):

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