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Bulge vs Expansion - What's the difference?

bulge | expansion |

As nouns the difference between bulge and expansion

is that bulge is a type of helmet while expansion is expansion.

bulge

English

(wikipedia bulge)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
  • a bulge in a wall
    a bulge in my pocket where I kept my wallet
  • The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
  • (nautical) The bilge of a vessel.
  • See also

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    Verb

    (bulg)
  • To stick out from (a surface).
  • 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.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
  • 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.
  • To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
  • * Broome
  • And scattered navies bulge on distant shores.

    Anagrams

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    expansion

    English

    Noun

  • The act or process of expanding.
  • The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood.
  • The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.
  • A new addition.
  • My new office is in the expansion behind the main building.
  • A product to be used with a previous product.
  • This expansion requires the original game board.
  • That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.
  • * Beattie
  • the starred expansion of the skies
  • (steam engines) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston.
  • Antonyms

    * (act of expanding) contraction

    Derived terms

    * expansionism * expansion joint * expansion team * expansion cleat * expansion pack