Sallow vs. Tallow — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sallow and Tallow
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Sallow
Of a sickly yellowish hue or complexion.
Tallow
Tallow is a rendered form of beef or mutton fat, primarily made up of triglycerides. It is solid at room temperature.
Sallow
To make sallow.
Tallow
Hard fat obtained from parts of the bodies of cattle or sheep, used in foodstuffs or to make leather dressing, soap, and lubricants, and formerly used to make candles.
Sallow
Any of several low-growing or shrubby European willows, especially Salix caprea or S. cinerea, having large catkins that appear early in the spring and formerly used as a source of charcoal and tannin.
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Tallow
Any of various similar fats, such as those obtained from plants.
Sallow
(of skin) Yellowish.
Tallow
To smear or cover with tallow.
Sallow
Of a sickly pale colour.
Tallow
To fatten (animals) in order to obtain tallow.
Sallow
(Ireland) Of a tan colour, associated with people from southern Europe or East Asia.
Tallow
A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants.
Sallow
(of a person) Having skin (especially on the face) of a sickly pale colour.
Tallow
To grease or smear with tallow.
Sallow
(of objects or dim light) Having a similar pale, yellowish colour.
Tallow
To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.
To tallow sheep
Sallow
Foul; murky; sickly.
Tallow
The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.
Sallow
(intransitive) To become sallow.
Tallow
The fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from certain plants, or from other sources, resembling the fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds.
Sallow
(transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become sallow.
Tallow
To grease or smear with tallow.
Sallow
A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.
Tallow
To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep.
Sallow
A willow twig or branch.
Tallow
Obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants
Sallow
The willow; willow twigs.
And bend the pliant sallow to a shield.
The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb.
Sallow
A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc.
Sallow
Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin.
Sallow
To tinge with sallowness.
July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields.
Sallow
Any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
Sallow
Cause to become sallow;
The illness has sallowed her face
Sallow
Unhealthy looking
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