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Clump vs Clum - What's the difference?

clump | clum |

As nouns the difference between clump and clum

is that clump is a cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass while clum is silence.

As a verb clump

is to form clusters or lumps.

As an interjection clum is

silence; hush.

As an adjective clum is

silent; glum.

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

    clum

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Silence.

    • Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (obsolete) Silence; hush
    • (Chaucer)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Silent; glum.
    • (Webster 1913)