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Rump vs Backside - What's the difference?

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Rump is a related term of backside.


As nouns the difference between rump and backside

is that rump is the hindquarters of an animal while backside is the side of something that is opposite the front.

rump

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The hindquarters of an animal
  • A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.
  • The buttocks.
  • Remnant, as in rump parliament .

    • Synonyms

    *(hindquarters of an animal) croupe, crupper * (cut of meat from the hindquarters of an animal) * see

    Derived terms

    * rump parliament; see * rump state

    backside

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The side of something that is opposite the front.
    • The backside of the building faced an alley, and was covered in grime and scrawled graffiti.
  • The buttocks.
    • ''After riding the horse all day for the first time, I had painful blisters on my backside .
  • * 2014 , , " Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian , 18 October 2014:
    • There was a whiff of farce about Southampton’s second goal too, as, six minutes later, a bungled Sunderland pass ricocheted off Will Buckley’s backside to the feet of Dusan Tadic.

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