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Bulky vs Thickset - What's the difference?

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Bulky is a related term of thickset.


As adjectives the difference between bulky and thickset

is that bulky is being large in size, mass, or volume while thickset is having a short, heavy build; stout.

As a noun thickset is

a thick hedge.

bulky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Being large in size, mass, or volume.
  • Unwieldy
  • (bodybuilding) Having excess body mass, especially muscle.

    • thickset

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a short, heavy build; stout
  • Closely planted.
    • a thickset''' wood; a '''thickset hedge
    (Dryden)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thick hedge.
  • A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.
    • (McElrath)
    (Webster 1913)

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