Sue vs. Suet — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sue and Suet
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Sue
(Law) To initiate or pursue legal proceedings against (another party).
Suet
Suet is the raw, hard fat of beef, lamb or mutton found around the loins and kidneys. Suet has a melting point of between 45 °C and 50 °C (113 °F and 122 °F) and congelation between 37 °C and 40 °C (98.6 °F and 104 °F).
Sue
(Archaic) To court; woo.
Suet
The hard fatty tissues around the kidneys of cattle and sheep, used in cooking and for making tallow.
Sue
(Obsolete) To make a petition to; appeal to; beseech.
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Suet
The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow.
Sue
(Law) To initiate or pursue legal proceedings; bring suit.
Suet
The fat and fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harder fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton, which, when melted and freed from the membranes, forms tallow.
Sue
To make an appeal or entreaty
"When you have gone too far to recede, do not sue to me for leniency" (Charles Dickens).
Suet
Hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton
Sue
(Archaic) To pursue a courtship; woo.
Sue
(transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
Sue someone for selling a faulty product
I plan to sue you for everything you have.
Sue
(ambitransitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
Sue
To clean (the beak, etc.).
Sue
To leave high and dry on shore.
To sue a ship
Sue
To court.
Sue
To follow.
Sue
To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.
For yet there was no man that haddle him sued.
I was beloved of many a gentle knight,And sued and sought with all the service due.
Sue me, and woo me, and flatter me.
Sue
To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially.
Sue
To clean, as the beak; - said of a hawk.
Sue
To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship.
Sue
To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
By adverse destiny constrained to sueFor counsel and redress, he sues to you.
Cæsar came to Rome to sue for the double honor of a triumph and the consulship.
The Indians were defeated and sued for peace.
Sue
To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages.
Sue
To woo; to pay addresses as a lover.
Sue
To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship.
Sue
French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
Sue
Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;
He was warned that the district attorney would process him
She actioned the company for discrimination
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