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Stumped vs Tumped - What's the difference?

stumped | tumped |

As verbs the difference between stumped and tumped

is that stumped is (stump) while tumped is (tump).

As an adjective stumped

is perplexed, at a loss.

stumped

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Perplexed, at a loss.
    • I'm stumped by this question.
  • (cricket, of a batsman, not comparable) To be out by being stumped by the wicket keeper.

    • Synonyms

    * (baffled ): at a loss, baffled, bemused, bewildered, confused, flummoxed, lost, nonplussed, perplexed, puzzled

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stump)

    • tumped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tump)

    • tump

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) twmp, twm.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, rare) A mound or hillock.
  • * 1974 , Guy Davenport, Tatlin! :
    • The island was two rocks grey as twilight between which a tump of iron loam ribbed with flint bore a stand of fir and spruce.
    (Ainsworth)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form a mass of earth or a hillock about.
    • to tump teasel

    Etymology 2

    Possibly from .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Southern US) to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump")
    • Don't tump that bucket over!
  • (Southern US) To fall over.
  • (US, dialect) To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.
    • (Bartlett)

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl); see tumpline for more.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncommon) A tumpline.