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Dumpy vs Plump - What's the difference?

dumpy | plump |

As adjectives the difference between dumpy and plump

is that dumpy is short and thick; stout or stocky while plump is having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

As nouns the difference between dumpy and plump

is that dumpy is (south africa) a small bottle of beer while plump is (obsolete) a knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.

As a verb plump is

to grow ; to swell out.

As an adverb plump is

directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.

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.

    plump

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To grow ; to swell out.
    • Her cheeks have plumped .
  • To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
  • * Spectator
    • Dulcissa plumps into a chair.
  • To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up .
  • * Fuller
    • to plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles
  • To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily.
    • to plump a stone into water
  • To give a plumper (kind of vote).
  • To give (a vote), as a plumper.
  • (used with for) To favor or decide in favor of something.
    • "A recent poll by the New York Times found that although most Brazilians plump for arch-rival Argentina as the team they most want to lose, the second-biggest group want Brazil itself to stumble." source: http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21600983-brazilian-workers-are-gloriously-unproductive-economy-grow-they-must-snap-out

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
  • * (Thomas Carew) (1595-1640)
    • The god of wine did his plump clusters bring.
  • *
  • Fat.

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    Adverb

  • Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.
    • a plump of trees, fowls, or spears
    To visit islands and the plumps of men. — Chapman.

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