Bulge vs Dent - What's the difference?
bulge | dent |
Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
(nautical) The bilge of a vessel.
To stick out from (a surface).
* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
* Broome
A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
(by extension, informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
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To impact something, producing a dent.
To develop a dent or dents.
In intransitive terms the difference between bulge and dent
is that bulge is to bilge, as a ship; to founder while dent is to develop a dent or dents.bulge
English
(wikipedia bulge)Noun
(en noun)- a bulge in a wall
- a bulge in my pocket where I kept my wallet
See also
*Verb
(bulg)- The submarine bulged because of the enormous air pressure inside.
- He stood six feet tall, with muscular arms bulging out of his black T-shirt.
- The wind actually stirred the cloth on the chest of drawers, and let in a little light, so that the sharp edge of the chest of drawers was visible, running straight up, until a white shape bulged out; and a silver streak showed in the looking-glass.
- And scattered navies bulge on distant shores.
Anagrams
*dent
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) . More at dint.Noun
(en noun)- The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car.
- That purchase put a bit of a dent in my wallet.
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Verb
(en verb)- ''Copper is soft and dents easily.