Mumpy vs Bumpy - What's the difference?
mumpy | bumpy |
(informal) suffering from mumps
* 1995 , Thomas Keneally, A river town
(informal) swelling; resembling mumps rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
covered with or full of bumps
As adjectives the difference between mumpy and bumpy
is that mumpy is (informal) suffering from mumps while bumpy is rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.mumpy
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- An awful struggle for Primrose. Her chin stretched up above a mumpy neck. Sister Raymond put a wet cloth on her forehead, dribbled some water across her mouth.
