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Clumpy vs Clumps - What's the difference?

clumpy | clumps |

As an adjective clumpy

is forming or tending to form clumps.

As a verb clumps is

(clump).

As a noun clumps is

.

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.

    clumps

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (clump)

    • Noun

    (head)
  • A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; so called because the players take sides in two "clumps" or groups.
  • * E. F. Benson
    • We'll have supper extremely soon But just one game of clumps first.
  • * John Betjeman
    • There you looked and there you led me off into the game of clumps .