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Bulbous vs Swollen - What's the difference?

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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)
  • 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)
  • 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
  • (botany) Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.
  • English refractory feminine rhymes

    swollen

    English

    Adjective

    (more)
  • distended
  • Verb

    (head)