Rash vs Lump - What's the difference?
rash | lump |
Acting too quickly without considering the risks and consequences; not careful; hasty.
So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
(obsolete) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Fast-acting.
* Shakespeare
(symptom) An area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin.
A surge in problems; a spate, string or trend
(obsolete) To prepare with haste.
An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
To pull off or pluck violently.
To slash; to hack; to slice.
* Spenser
Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group.
A group, set, or unit.
A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
A dull or lazy person.
(informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
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A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
To treat as a single unit; to group together.
As a proper noun rash
is .As a noun lump is
cad.rash
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) rash, .Adjective
(er)- rash words spoken in the heat of debate
- I scarce have leisure to salute you, / My matter is so rash .
- Strong as aconitum or rash gunpowder.
Synonyms
(checksyns) * brash * heady * hotheaded * impulsive * inconsiderate * precipitateDerived terms
* rashnessNoun
(rashes)- There has been a rash of vandalism lately.
Synonyms
(A surge in problems) epidemicDerived terms
* canker rash * diaper rash * heat rash * hiker’s rash * nappy rash * nettle rash * rashguard * rashie * rash vest * reef rash * rose rash * tooth rashSee also
* prudent * recklessVerb
- (Foxe)
Etymology 2
Compare (etyl) , (etyl) Rasch, probably from Arras in France.Noun
(-)- (John Donne)
Etymology 3
For araceVerb
(es)- rashing of helms and riving plates asunder
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*lump
English
(wikipedia lump)Noun
(en noun)- Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps .
- a lump''' of coal; a '''lump''' of clay; a '''lump of cheese
- The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.
- Do you want one lump or two with your coffee?
- Don't just sit there like a lump .
- He's taken his lumps over the years.
Derived terms
* lumpectomy * lump in one’s throat * lumpy * lump-sunHyponyms
* nubbleExternal links
* *Verb
(en verb)- People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different creatures.