bull vs foul-up

foul-up vs bull

bull and foul-up both are nouns.

bull is a verb but foul-up is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bull	Yes	No	Yes	No
foul-up	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, foul-up is a hypernym of bull; that is, foul-up is a word with a broader meaning than bull:

bull: a serious and ludicrous blunder
foul-up: an embarrassing mistake

Other hypernyms of bull include bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, fuckup, pratfall.

bull (noun)	foul-up (noun)
a serious and ludicrous blunder	an embarrassing mistake
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
Obscene word for unacceptable behavior
a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
the center of a target
uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
a large and strong and heavyset man

bull (verb)	foul-up (verb)
advance in price
speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
push or force

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