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Clump vs Flump - What's the difference?

clump | flump |

In transitive terms the difference between clump and flump

is that clump is to gather into thick groups while flump is to drop something heavily or with a dull sound.

In intransitive terms the difference between clump and flump

is that clump is to walk with heavy footfalls while flump is to move or fall heavily, or with a dull sound.

clump

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
  • A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
  • * Hawthorne
  • a clump of shrubby trees
  • A dull thud.
  • The compressed clay of coal strata.
  • Derived terms

    * clumpy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form clusters or lumps
  • To gather into thick groups
  • To walk with heavy footfalls.
  • Derived terms

    * clump up

    flump

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to move or fall heavily, or with a dull sound
  • to drop something heavily or with a dull sound
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • the dull sound so produced
  • Synonyms

    * plunk, thud

    References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989 English onomatopoeias