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Obese vs Bulky - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between obese and bulky

is that obese is extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2 while bulky is being large in size, mass, or volume.

obese

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * obesity * obeses

    Phrases

    * morbidly obese * super obese

    See also

    * fat ----

    bulky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Being large in size, mass, or volume.
  • Unwieldy
  • (bodybuilding) Having excess body mass, especially muscle.