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Clumsy vs Clumpy - What's the difference?

clumsy | clumpy |

As adjectives the difference between clumsy and clumpy

is that clumsy is awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous while clumpy is forming or tending to form clumps.

As a noun clumsy

is a clumsy person.

clumsy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
    • He's very clumsy . I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.
  • Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety
    • It is a clumsy solution, but it might work for now.
    What a clumsy joke...
  • awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

    • Noun

    (clumsies)
  • A person.

    • Synonyms

    * butterfingers * klutz

    See also

    * clumsies

    Anagrams

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    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.