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Bulge vs Protuberant - What's the difference?

bulge | protuberant |

As a noun bulge

is a type of helmet.

As a verb protuberant is

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As an adjective protuberant is

bulging, protuberant.

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.
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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.

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    protuberant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Swelling]] or [[bulge, bulging outward.