Spherical vs Plump - What's the difference?

Spherical is a related term of plump.

As adjectives the difference between spherical and plump

is that spherical is (label) shaped like a sphere while plump is having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

As a verb plump is

to grow ; to swell out.

As an adverb plump is

directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.

As a noun plump is

(obsolete) a knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.

spherical

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)

(label) Shaped like a sphere.

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(label) (no comparative or superlative ) Of, or pertaining to, spheres.

(label) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and two angles.

(label) Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.

*1606 : (William Shakespeare), (King Lear) , Act 1, Scene 2

Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance.

Synonyms

* (shaped like a sphere) globular, orbicular, round

Derived terms

* spherical aberration * spherical angle * spherical cap * spherical distance * spherical geometry * sphericality * spherical lune * spherical sector * spherical segment * spherical triangle * spherical trigonometry * spherical wedge * sphericity

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plump

English

Verb

(en verb)

To grow ; to swell out.

Her cheeks have plumped .

To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.

* Spectator

Dulcissa plumps into a chair.

To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up .

* Fuller

to plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles

To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily.

to plump a stone into water

To give a plumper (kind of vote).

To give (a vote), as a plumper.

(used with for) To favor or decide in favor of something.

"A recent poll by the New York Times found that although most Brazilians plump for arch-rival Argentina as the team they most want to lose, the second-biggest group want Brazil itself to stumble." source: http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21600983-brazilian-workers-are-gloriously-unproductive-economy-grow-they-must-snap-out

Adjective

(en-adj)

Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

* (Thomas Carew) (1595-1640)

The god of wine did his plump clusters bring.

Fat.

Synonyms

* See also

Antonyms

* See also

Adverb

Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.

a plump of trees, fowls, or spears

To visit islands and the plumps of men. — Chapman.

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