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Miff vs Lump - What's the difference?

miff | lump |

As nouns the difference between miff and lump

is that miff is a small argument, quarrel while lump is cad.

As a verb miff

is (usually used in the passive) to offend slightly.

miff

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small argument, quarrel.
  • * 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
    • nay, she would throw it in the teeth of Allworthy himself, when a little quarrel, or miff , as it is vulgarly called, arose between them.
  • * 1872, Thomas Hardy, Under the Greenwood Tree
    • John Wildway and I had a miff and parted;...
  • A state of being offended.
  • * 1851, T. S. Arthur, Off-Hand Sketches
    • She's taken a miff at something, I suppose, and means to cut my acquaintance.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (usually used in the passive) to offend slightly
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  • * 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet
    • ... answered my Thetis, a little miffed perhaps -- to use the women's phrase -- that I turned the conversation upon my former partner, rather than addressed it to herself.
  • * 1911, James Oliver Curwood, Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police
    • "Don't get miffed about it, man," returned Nome with an irritating laugh.
  • to become slightly offended
  • * 1905, George Barr McCutcheon, Jane Cable
    • She miffed and started to reply, but thought better of it.

    lump

    English

    (wikipedia lump)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group.
    • Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps .
    a lump''' of coal; a '''lump''' of clay; a '''lump of cheese
  • A group, set, or unit.
    • The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.
  • A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
    • Do you want one lump or two with your coffee?
  • A dull or lazy person.
    • Don't just sit there like a lump .
  • (informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
    • He's taken his lumps over the years.
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  • A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.

    • Derived terms

    * lumpectomy * lump in one’s throat * lumpy * lump-sun

    Hyponyms

    * nubble

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To treat as a single unit; to group together.
    • 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 it

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