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Chumpy vs Clumpy - What's the difference?

chumpy | clumpy |

As adjectives the difference between chumpy and clumpy

is that chumpy is short and fat, particularly in comparison with something of more favourable dimensions while clumpy is forming or tending to form clumps.

chumpy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Short and fat, particularly in comparison with something of more favourable dimensions.
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  • (slang, of a person) Blockheaded; dim-witted.
  • (slang, mildly insulting) Like a chump; annoying.

    • Synonyms

    * (short and fat) dumpy, dubby

    References

    * “ chumpy, a.'']” listed in the '' [2nd ed., 1989
    ??Defined in the first sense (“short and fat”) only.

    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.