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Grump vs Rump - What's the difference?

grump | rump |

As nouns the difference between grump and rump

is that grump is a habitually grumpy or complaining person while rump is the hindquarters of an animal.

As a verb grump

is to complain.

grump

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a habitually grumpy or complaining person
    • First used in print by Daniel Defoe in 1727.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to complain
  • to be grumpy

    • 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