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Sumpy vs Mumpy - What's the difference?

sumpy | mumpy |

As adjectives the difference between sumpy and mumpy

is that sumpy is to be liable to sump in wet weather while mumpy is suffering from mumps.

sumpy

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a cave passage) To be liable to sump in wet weather.

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    mumpy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) suffering from mumps
  • * 1995 , Thomas Keneally, A river town
    • An awful struggle for Primrose. Her chin stretched up above a mumpy neck. Sister Raymond put a wet cloth on her forehead, dribbled some water across her mouth.
  • (informal) swelling; resembling mumps