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Paunchy vs Bulbous - What's the difference?

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Paunchy is a related term of bulbous.


As adjectives the difference between paunchy and bulbous

is that paunchy is having a paunch; having a prominent stomach; potbellied while bulbous is having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.

paunchy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having a paunch; having a prominent stomach; potbellied.
    • He exercised every day to avoid becoming paunchy in his old age.

    bulbous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
  • (of a person) Overweight and round in shape.
  • * 2002 , Michael Bracken, All White Girls (page 9)
    • A neon cacophony hung only a few feet above their heads, the popping and buzzing of the lights only occasionally drowned out by the shouts of the barkers, bulbous men whose doughy fat strained at their sweat-stained t-shirts
  • (botany) Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.
    • English refractory feminine rhymes