Bulbous vs Swollen - What's the difference?
bulbous | swollen | Related terms |
Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
(of a person) Overweight and round in shape.
* 2002 , Michael Bracken, All White Girls (page 9)
(botany) Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.
English refractory feminine rhymes
As adjectives the difference between bulbous and swollen
is that bulbous is having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated while swollen is distended.As a verb swollen is
past participle of lang=en.bulbous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A neon cacophony hung only a few feet above their heads, the popping and buzzing of the lights only occasionally drowned out by the shouts of the barkers, bulbous men whose doughy fat strained at their sweat-stained t-shirts