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Clunk vs Chunk - What's the difference?

clunk | chunk |

As nouns the difference between clunk and chunk

is that clunk is a dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact while chunk is a part of something that has been separated.

As verbs the difference between clunk and chunk

is that clunk is to make such a sound while chunk is to break into large pieces or chunks.

clunk

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to make such a sound

    • chunk

    English

    (wikipedia chunk)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A part of something that has been separated.
    • The statue broke into chunks .
  • *
  • A representative of a substance at large, often large and irregular.
    • A chunk of granite .
  • (computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
  • * 1994 , Paul J Perry, Multimedia developer's guide
    • The first DWORD of a chunk data in the RIFF chunk is a four character code value identifying the form type of the file.

    See also

    * piece * bit * lump * chuck * hunk

    External links

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To break into large pieces or chunks.
  • (slang, chiefly, Southern US) To throw.