bilge vs rot

bilge

noun
  • Stupid talk or writing; nonsense. 

  • The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates. 

  • The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water. 

  • The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides. 

  • talk bilge 

  • The bulging part of a barrel or cask. 

verb
  • To break open the bilge(s) of. 

  • To spring a leak in the bilge. 

  • To bulge or swell. 

rot

noun
  • Verbal nonsense. 

  • Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs. 

  • The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction. 

  • Decaying matter. 

verb
  • To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret. 

  • To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place). 

  • To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria. 

  • To decline in function or utility. 

  • To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt. 

  • To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes. 

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