Lump vs Tump - What's the difference?
lump | tump |
Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group.
A group, set, or unit.
A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
A dull or lazy person.
(informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
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A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
To treat as a single unit; to group together.
(British, rare) A mound or hillock.
* 1974 , Guy Davenport, Tatlin! :
(Southern US) to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump")
(Southern US) To fall over.
(US, dialect) To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.
As nouns the difference between lump and tump
is that lump is cad while tump is (british|rare) a mound or hillock or tump can be (uncommon) a tumpline.As a verb tump is
to form a mass of earth or a hillock about or tump can be (southern us) to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump").lump
English
(wikipedia lump)Noun
(en noun)- Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps .
- a lump''' of coal; a '''lump''' of clay; a '''lump of cheese
- The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.
- Do you want one lump or two with your coffee?
- Don't just sit there like a lump .
- He's taken his lumps over the years.
Derived terms
* lumpectomy * lump in one’s throat * lumpy * lump-sunHyponyms
* nubbleExternal links
* *Verb
(en verb)- People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different creatures.
See also
* take one’s lumps * lump it * like it or lump itAnagrams
* ----tump
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) twmp, twm.Noun
(en noun)- The island was two rocks grey as twilight between which a tump of iron loam ribbed with flint bore a stand of fir and spruce.
- (Ainsworth)
Etymology 2
Possibly from .Verb
(en verb)- Don't tump that bucket over!
- (Bartlett)