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Flumped vs Clumped - What's the difference?

flumped | clumped |

As verbs the difference between flumped and clumped

is that flumped is past tense of flump while clumped is past tense of clump.

flumped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (flump)

    • 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

    clumped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (clump)

    • 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

    References

    English onomatopoeias