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Humped vs Sumped - What's the difference?

humped | sumped |

As verbs the difference between humped and sumped

is that humped is past participle of lang=en while sumped is past tense of sump.

As an adjective humped

is having a hump or humps.

humped

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a hump or humps.

    • sumped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sump)

    • Anagrams

    *

    sump

    English

    (wikipedia sump)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
  • The lowest part of a mine shaft into which water drains.
  • A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
  • (automotive) The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
  • (nautical) The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
  • (construction) An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.

    • Derived terms

    * dry sump * sump pump * wet sump

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Of a cave passage, to end in a sump, or to fill completely with water on occasion.
  • * We discovered a new passage, but it sumped after 100 metres.
  • * This low passage sumps quickly after moderate rainfall.

    • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

    (nb-noun-m1)
  • a swamp (type of wetland )

    • References

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