Bump vs Dent - What's the difference?
bump | dent |
A light blow or jolting collision.
The sound of such a collision.
A protuberance on a level surface.
A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
* Shakespeare
One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind.
(rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
(Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
(slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
The noise made by the bittern; a boom.
A coarse cotton fabric.
A training match for a fighting dog.
To knock against or run into with a jolt.
To move up or down by a step.
(Internet) To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
(chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
* 1916 , Albert Prescott Mathews, Physiological chemistry
To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
* 2005 , Lois Jones, EasyJet: the story of Britain's biggest low-cost airline (page 192)
To move the time of a scheduled event.
* 2010 , Nancy Conner, Matthew MacDonald, Office 2010: The Missing Manual , p. 332:
(archaic) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.
* Dryden
A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
(by extension, informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
* {{quote-news
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, date=April 11
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, title=Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City
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To impact something, producing a dent.
To develop a dent or dents.
In transitive terms the difference between bump and dent
is that bump is to move the time of a scheduled event while dent is to impact something, producing a dent.As nouns the difference between bump and dent
is that bump is a light blow or jolting collision while dent is a shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.As verbs the difference between bump and dent
is that bump is to knock against or run into with a jolt while dent is to impact something, producing a dent.As a proper noun Bump
is {{surname|lang=en}.bump
English
Noun
(en noun)- It had upon its brow / A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone.
- the bump''' of veneration; the '''bump of acquisitiveness
- US presidential nominees get a post-convention bump in survey ratings.
Derived terms
* bump and grind * bump in the road * bumpity * bumpy * fist bump * razor bump * speed bump * things that go bump in the nightVerb
- I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read.
- Heat until the liquid bumps , then reduce the heat and continue the boiling for 1½ hours.
- Easyjet said the compensation package for passengers bumped off flights was 'probably the most flawed piece of European legislation in recent years'...
- A colleague emails with news that her 4:30 meeting got bumped to 3:30.
- as a bittern bumps within a reed
Derived terms
* bump and grind * bump into * bump off * bump up * English 4chan slang ----dent
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) . More at dint.Noun
(en noun)- The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car.
- That purchase put a bit of a dent in my wallet.
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Verb
(en verb)- ''Copper is soft and dents easily.
