Clumpier vs Clumsier - What's the difference?
clumpier | clumsier |
(clumpy)
forming or tending to form clumps
resembling a clump
clompy; with heavy footfalls
* 1920 , Eleanor H. Porter, Mary Marie
(clumsy)
awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety
awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
A person.
As adjectives the difference between clumpier and clumsier
is that clumpier is comparative of clumpy while clumsier is comparative of clumsy.clumpier
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(head)clumpy
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(er)- 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.
clumsier
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(head)Anagrams
*clumsy
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(er)- He's very clumsy . I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.
- It is a clumsy solution, but it might work for now.
- What a clumsy joke...
