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Collision vs Bumping - What's the difference?

collision | bumping |

As nouns the difference between collision and bumping

is that collision is an instance of colliding while bumping is the sound or action of a bump.

As a verb bumping is

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collision

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instance of colliding.
  • * 1994 , (Stephen Fry), (The Hippopotamus) Chapter 2
    • At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision .

    Derived terms

    * collision course * collisional *

    Related terms

    * collide

    Coordinate terms

    * allision

    External links

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    bumping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound or action of a bump.
  • * 1941 , Gladys Mitchell, When Last I Died
    • There was nothing to be seen, but he could hear loud thumpings and bumpings which seemed to come from the back of the house.