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Clot vs Clump - What's the difference?

clot | clump |

As verbs the difference between clot and clump

is that clot is while clump is to form clusters or lumps.

As a noun clump is

a cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.

clot

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A solidified mass of blood.
  • A solidified mass of any liquid.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach.
  • A silly person.

    • Verb

  • To form into a clot or mass.
  • To cause to clot or form into a mass.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    clump

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
  • A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
  • * Hawthorne
    • a clump of shrubby trees
  • A dull thud.
  • The compressed clay of coal strata.

    • Derived terms

    * clumpy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form clusters or lumps
  • To gather into thick groups
  • To walk with heavy footfalls.

    • Derived terms

    * clump up

    References

    English onomatopoeias