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Bubo vs Bumbo - What's the difference?

bubo | bumbo |

As nouns the difference between bubo and bumbo

is that bubo is an inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or the groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis or syphilis while bumbo is a drink made from rum, water, sugar, and nutmeg.

bubo

English

(wikipedia bubo)

Noun

(es)
  • (pathology) An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or the groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis or syphilis.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1661
    • , author=Johann Jacob Wecker , title=Eighteen books of the secrets of art and nature: being the summe and substance of naturall philisophy ... , page=42 citation , passage=If a Bubo or Carbuncle appear, set on Leeches not far from it, if it be in an ignoble part; ...}}

    Derived terms

    * bubonic

    bumbo

    English

    (wikipedia bumbo)

    Alternative forms

    * bombo * bumboo

    Noun

    (-)
  • A drink made from rum, water, sugar, and nutmeg.