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Rump vs Fundament - What's the difference?

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Rump is a related term of fundament.


As nouns the difference between rump and fundament

is that rump is the hindquarters of an animal while fundament is foundation.

rump

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The hindquarters of an animal
  • A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.
  • The buttocks.
  • Remnant, as in rump parliament .

    • Synonyms

    *(hindquarters of an animal) croupe, crupper * (cut of meat from the hindquarters of an animal) * see

    Derived terms

    * rump parliament; see * rump state

    fundament

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Foundation.
  • The bottom; the buttocks or anus.
  • * 1703 , Thomas Gibson, The anatomy of humane bodies epitomized :
    • It [the Sphincter Ani] serves to purse up the Fundament , and so hinders the involuntary Evacuation of the Fæces.
  • * 1861 , Aristotle (pseud.), Aristotle's Works: containing directions for midwives, and counsel and advice to child-bearing women with various useful remedies. , page 119
    • ANOTHER defect that new-born infants are liable to is, to have their fundaments closed up; by which they can never evacuate the new excrements engendered by the milk they suck...
  • * 1864 , Alfred Fennings, Fennings' everybody's doctor; or, When ill, how to get well , page 9
    • Bathe the parts frequently with cold water, and, if there be much pain at stool, always squirt up the fundament , beforehand, with a syringe, half a teacupful of cold water.
  • * 2008 , Eric Summers , Ride Me Cowboy: Erotic Tales of the West , page 38[http://books.google.com/books?id=0BVYlikE-bgC&pg=PA38&dq=fundament]:
    • I flinched when he touched my rosebud, but pretty soon I was fucking his mouth like it was Hector's fundament .
  • The underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system.

    • Related terms

    * fundamental ----