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Bun vs Bund - What's the difference?

bun | bund |

As a verb bun

is to be.

As a noun bund is

alliance or bund can be a bunch.

As a proper noun bund is

confederation of german states.

bun

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced.
  • A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
  • (Ireland) A cupcake.
  • (slang, British) A drunken spree.
  • (Internet, slang) A newbie.
  • (dialect, obsolete) A squirrel or rabbit.

    • Synonyms

    * (hairstyle) French roll

    Derived terms

    * bun fight * bun stock * Chelsea bun * currant bun * have a bun in the oven * hot cross bun

    Verb

    (bunn)
  • (UK, slang) To smoke cannabis.

    • Anagrams

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    bund

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (term), from (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A secondary enclosure, typically consisting of a wall or berm, which surrounds a tank or fluid-handling mechanism, intended to contain any spills or leaks.
    • The most important of these [secondary containment] provisions are bunds''', which are enclosures capable of holding liquids that may escape from the vessels and pipes within the '''bund wall. — Second progress report on the Buncefield investigation [http://www.buncefieldinvestigation.gov.uk/reports/report2.pdf]
  • (pond in which fish are stored for breeding).

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within.
    • Plant room floors are generally bunded and/or waterproofed to contain any leaks or spillages of liquids and fluids from faulty tanks, plant or pipe work. RIW Ltd. Waterproofing Products
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