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Clump vs Clink - What's the difference?

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Clump is a related term of clink.


As nouns the difference between clump and clink

is that clump is a cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass while clink is (onomatopoeia) the sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass or clink can be (slang) jail or prison, after (w) prison in southwark, london used in the phrase (in the clink).

As verbs the difference between clump and clink

is that clump is to form clusters or lumps while clink is to make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.

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

    clink

    English

    Etymology 1

    Onomatpoeic, as metal against metal. Related to (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m). Maybe from (etyl) , related to call. English onomatopoeias

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
    • You could hear the clink of the glasses from the next room.
  • * 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) Chapter V
    • When Frere had come down, an hour before, the prisoners were all snugly between their blankets. They were not so now; though, at the first clink of the bolts, they would be back again in their old positions, to all appearances sound asleep.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.
    • The hammers clinked on the stone all night.
  • * Tennyson
    • the clinking latch
  • (humorous, dated) To rhyme.

    • Etymology 2

    From prison in Southwark, London, itself presumably named after sound of doors being bolted or chains rattling.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) Jail or prison, after (w) prison in Southwark, London. Used in the phrase (in the clink).
    • If he keeps doing things like that, he’s sure to end up in the clink .
  • Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.
    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * in the clink