Bulky vs Dense - What's the difference?
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Being large in size, mass, or volume.
Unwieldy
(bodybuilding) Having excess body mass, especially muscle.
Having relatively high density.
Compact; crowded together.
Thick; difficult to penetrate.
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Obscure, or difficult to understand.
(mathematics, topology) Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See Wikipedia article on (dense set)s for mathematical definition.
Of a person, slow to comprehend; of low intelligence.
As adjectives the difference between bulky and dense
is that bulky is being large in size, mass, or volume while dense is having relatively high density.bulky
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