Hump vs Hum - What's the difference?
hump | hum |
A mound of earth.
A rounded mass, especially a fleshy mass such as on a camel.
A speed hump.
(rft-sense) A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
(slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
(British, slang) A bad mood.
(slang) A painfully boorish person.
To bend something into a hump.
(slang) To carry something, especially with some exertion.
(slang) To carry, especially with some exertion.
(intransitive) To dry-hump.
(slang) To have sex with.
(slang) To have sex.
A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
* Shakespeare
Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
(UK, slang) unpleasant odour.
(dated) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
(obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
To express by humming.
To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly
* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 2
To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
To produce low sounds which blend continuously
(British) To reek, smell bad.
(British) To deceive, or impose on one by some story or device.
(transitive, dated, slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.
hmm; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
In lang=en terms the difference between hump and hum
is that hump is a painfully boorish person while hum is an imposition or hoax; humbug.In transitive terms the difference between hump and hum
is that hump is to bend something into a hump while hum is to express by humming.As a proper noun Hump
is the Himalayas, as the challenge for the supply route between India and China.As an interjection hum is
hmm; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.hump
English
Noun
(wikipedia hump) (en noun)- get the hump''', have the '''hump''', take the '''hump .
- That guy is such a hump !
Synonyms
* (abnormal deformity of the spine) gibbous, humpback, hunch, hunchbackSee also
* over the hump * hump day * speed humpVerb
(en verb)Derived terms
* dry-humphum
English
(wikipedia hum)Noun
(en noun)- They could hear a hum coming from the kitchen, and found the dishwasher on.
- the shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
Verb
(humm)- We are humming happily along with the music.
- to hum a tune
- ''The hazers ominously hummed "We shall overcome" while they paddled the unruly pledges
- A slight gloom fell upon the table. Jacob was helping himself to jam; the postman was talking to Rebecca in the kitchen; there was a bee humming at the yellow flower which nodded at the open window.
- 'The streets were humming with activity.''
- This room really hums — have you ever tried spring cleaning, mate?
Derived terms
* hummer * hummingbird * humming-topSynonyms
* bumble * bustle * hustle * buzz * croon * whirAnagrams
*Interjection
(en interjection)- (Alexander Pope)
