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Dumpy vs Mumpy - What's the difference?

dumpy | mumpy |

As adjectives the difference between dumpy and mumpy

is that dumpy is short and thick; stout or stocky while mumpy is suffering from mumps.

As a noun dumpy

is a small bottle of beer.

dumpy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • short and thick; stout or stocky

    • Noun

    (dumpies)
  • (South Africa) A small bottle of beer.
  • * 2007 , Alan Murphy, Southern Africa (page 414)
    • Lager-style beer comes in cans or dumpies (small bottles) for around US$1.10.

    mumpy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) suffering from mumps
  • * 1995 , Thomas Keneally, A river town
    • An awful struggle for Primrose. Her chin stretched up above a mumpy neck. Sister Raymond put a wet cloth on her forehead, dribbled some water across her mouth.
  • (informal) swelling; resembling mumps