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Cumbrous vs Bulky - What's the difference?

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Cumbrous is a related term of bulky.


As adjectives the difference between cumbrous and bulky

is that cumbrous is unwieldy because of its weight; cumbersome while bulky is being large in size, mass, or volume.

cumbrous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unwieldy because of its weight; cumbersome.
  • He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. — Swift.
    That cumbrous and unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. — De Quincey.
  • * 1946 , Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy , ch. 1
  • In the course of thousands of years, this cumbrous system developed into alphabetic writing.
  • (obsolete) Giving trouble; vexatious.
  • A cloud of cumbrous gnats. — Spenser.

    bulky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Being large in size, mass, or volume.
  • Unwieldy
  • (bodybuilding) Having excess body mass, especially muscle.