What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Chumpier vs Clumpier - What's the difference?

chumpier | clumpier |

As adjectives the difference between chumpier and clumpier

is that chumpier is comparative of chumpy while clumpier is comparative of clumpy.

chumpier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (chumpy)
  • * 1908 , Iowa Reformatory at Anamosa, The Reformatory Press , volume 11, page 6139:
    • “Pretty smart chap, that,” muttered the Wise Man as he sauntered off.
    “Positive, chump; comparative chumpier ; superlative, chumpiest: that’s my definition of him,” concluded the Fool as he resumed his favorite pastime, that of making faces at the cigar dealer’s wooden Indian.
  • * 1976 , Evelyn L. Silvernail, The New Complete Fox Terrier (Smooth and Wire) (3rd ed., Howell Book House, ISBN 0876051204, 9780876051207), page 15:
    • The former was an elegant gentleman, not far removed from the present-day type; but the latter obviously bore the ‘bull’ quarterings on his escutcheon, for he was a decidedly cobby little dog, broad chest and a shorter, chumpier head…
  • * 2007 , Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson, Mistakes Were Made (but not by ''me''): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts (1st edition, Harcourt Books, ISBN 9780151010981), page 252, endnote 3:13:
    • Anne E. Wilson and Michael Ross have shown how the self-justifying biases of memory help us move psychologically, in their words, from “chump to champ.” We distance ourselves from our earlier “chumpier ” incarnations if doing so allows us to feel better about how much we have grown, learned, and matured, but, like Haber, we feel close to earlier selves we thought were champs. Either way, we can’t lose.

    clumpier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (clumpy)

    • clumpy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • forming or tending to form clumps
  • resembling a clump
  • clompy; with heavy footfalls
  • * 1920 , Eleanor H. Porter, Mary Marie
    • Certainly it's lots easier to be Mary in a brown serge and clumpy boots than it is in the soft, fluffy things Marie used to wear.