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Bundle vs Bund - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between bundle and bund

is that bundle is a group of objects held together by wrapping or tying while bund is a league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.

As verbs the difference between bundle and bund

is that bundle is to tie or wrap together while bund is to provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within.

bundle

English

(wikipedia bundle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.
    • a bundle''' of straw or of paper; a '''bundle of old clothes
  • * Goldsmith
    • The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle , no strength could bend.
  • A package wrapped or tied up for carrying.
  • (biology) A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres.
  • (informal) A large amount, especially of money.
    • The inventor of that gizmo must have made a bundle .
  • (computing, Mac OS X) A directory containing related resources such as source code; application bundle.
  • A quantity of paper equal to 2 reams (1000 sheets).

    • Derived terms

    * bundle buggy * bundle of energy * bundle of His * bundle of joy * bundle of laughs * bundle of nerves

    Descendants

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    Coordinate terms

    * (quantity of paper) bale, quire, ream

    See also

    *

    Verb

  • To tie or wrap together.
  • To hustle; to dispatch something or someone quickly.
  • * T. Hook
    • They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach.
  • To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.
  • To dress someone warmly.
  • To dress warmly. Usually bundle up
  • (computing) To sell hardware and software as a single product.
  • To hurry.
  • (slang) To dogpile
  • To hastily or clumsily push, put, carry or otherwise send something into a particular place.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=At the other end, Essien thought he had bundled the ball over the line in between Bolton's final two substitutions but the flag had already gone up.}}
  • * 1851 ,
    • Yes, there is death in this business of whaling—a speechlessly quick chaotic bundling of a man into Eternity.
  • * 1859 , Terence, Comedies of Terence
    • Why, I didn't know that she meant that, until the Captain gave me an explanation, because I was dull of comprehension ; for he bundled me out of the house.
  • (dated) To sleep on the same bed without undressing.
  • * Washington Irving
    • Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses.

    Derived terms

    * bundle off * bundler * unbundle

    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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