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Pulp vs Pump - What's the difference?

pulp | pump |

As nouns the difference between pulp and pump

is that pulp is a soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter while pump is a device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas or pump can be (british) a type of shoe, a trainer or sneaker.

As verbs the difference between pulp and pump

is that pulp is to make, or be made into pulp while pump is to use a pump to move (liquid or gas).

As an adjective pulp

is (fiction) of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.

pulp

English

(wikipedia pulp)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (fiction) Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.
  • * {{quote-usenet
    • , year = 1997 , monthday = July 22 , author = Eric Gimlin , email = , title = Re: Annual theme '98 , id = 33D504B4.105@swbell.net , url = https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.comics.dc.universe/h6fDoLuqLi4/pgvPYWi2DZIJ , group = rec.arts.comics.dc.universe }}
    The Nightwing annual had what felt like a very 'pulp-ish' plot, and the Superman annual was great, with a very pulp plot and a incredible Doc Savage tribute cover.
  • * {{quote-usenet
    • , year = 2003 , monthday = January 3 , author = Mark Wheatley , email = , title = Re: PULP 2003 READING , id = 3E159FC7.70409@insightstudiosgroup.com , url = https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.pulp/lPi5SkZJfHo/KeinLoXh5_4J , group = alt.pulp }}
    Rather than Asimov I might suggest Stanley Weinbaum (since he died young and early in his career, he is far more "pulp " than Asimov - and remarkably readable - there is a LANCER collection of some of his short stories).

    Synonyms

    * (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
  • A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter]] and being characteristically [[print, printed on rough, unfinished paper.
  • The soft center of a fruit
  • The soft center of a tooth
  • A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
  • Mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).

    • Derived terms

    * beat to a pulp * pulp chamber * pulpaceous * pulpal * pulpament * pulpectomy * pulpify * pulpily * pulpless * pulp mill * pulpous * pulpotomy * pulpwood * pulpy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make, or be made into pulp
  • To beat to a pulp.

    • Derived terms

    * pulper

    pump

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) pumpe, possibly from (etyl) . Compare Dutch pompen, German pumpen, and (etyl) pompe.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
  • An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping
  • A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel.
  • (bodybuilding) A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
  • * 2010', Eric Velazquez, "Power Pairings", ''Reps!'' ' 17 :83
    • Want a skin-stretching pump ? Up the volume by using high-rep sets.
    A great pump is better than coming. (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
  • (colloquial) A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.
  • (US, obsolete, slang) The heart.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To use a pump to move (liquid or gas).
  • To fill with air.
  • To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump.
  • To shake (a person's hand) vigorously.
  • To gain information from (a person) by persistent questioning.
  • * Otway
    • But pump not me for politics.
  • To use a pump to move liquid or gas.
  • (slang) To be going very well.
  • (sports) To kick, throw or hit the ball far and high.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=February 5 , author=Michael Da Silva , title=Wigan 4 - 3 Blackburn , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Blackburn pumped long balls towards Diouf as they became increasingly desperate to salvage a point, but Wigan held on for a win that may prove crucial in their quest for Premier League survival.}}
  • (Scotland, slang) To pass gas; to fart.
  • * 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 82:
    • People never pumped , just never never, but sometimes ye got smells.
  • (computing) To pass (messages) into a program so that it can obey them.
  • * Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 documentation for Marshal.CleanupUnusedObjectsInCurrentContext
    • The interop system pumps messages while it attempts to clean up RCWs.

    Etymology 2

    The etymology of the term is unclear and disputed. One possibility is that it comes from "Pomp" (i.e. ornamentation), claimed in Skeat & Skeat's A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language'' (ISBN 9781596050921), and another is that it refers to the sound made by the foot moving inside the shoe when dancing, suggested as a probable source in Chambers's etymological dictionary (James Donald - Published by W. and R. Chambers, 1867). The Oxford English Dictionary claims that it appeared in the 16th century, and lists its origin as "obscure". It has also been linked to the Dutch ''pampoesje , possibly borrowed from Javanese "pampus", ultimately from Persian (papush) / Arabic (babush) (International archives of ethnography: Volume 9 - Intern. Gesellschaft für Ethnographie; Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië - Ter Lands-drukkerij, 1870).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A type of shoe, a trainer or sneaker.
  • (chiefly, North America) A type of very high-heeled shoe; stilettoes.
  • A shoe.
  • A type of shoe without a heel (source: Dictionarium Britannicum - 1736)
    • References
    * [http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-22,GGGL:en&q=pumps%20shoes&sa=N&tab=wi] Some images. * 1591' "Gabriel's ' pumps were all unpinkt i' th' heel" -- The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare
    Synonyms
    * (shoe) plimsoll (British), sneaker, trainer

    Derived terms

    * air pump * backpump * forepump * hand pump * petrol pump * price at the pump * pumped * pump fake * pump iron * pump room * pump up * stirrup pump * sump pump * under the pump ----