Swelling vs Bunching - What's the difference?
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The state of being swollen.
* {{quote-book
, year= a1420
, year_published= 1894
, author= The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056
, by= (Lanfranc of Milan)
, title= Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie."
, url= http://books.google.com/books?id=6XktAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA63
, original=
, chapter= Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone
, section=
, isbn= 1163911380
, edition=
, publisher= K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co
, location= London
, editor= Robert von Fleischhacker
, volume=
, page= 63
, passage= Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge ; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
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Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.
(countable) An arrangement of items in a bunch.
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(uncountable) The illegitimate supplying of laboratory animals that are actually kidnapped pets or illegally trapped strays.
Swelling is a related term of bunching.
As nouns the difference between swelling and bunching
is that swelling is the state of being swollen while bunching is (countable) an arrangement of items in a bunch.As verbs the difference between swelling and bunching
is that swelling is while bunching is .swelling
English
Noun
(en noun)See also
* edemaVerb
(head)bunching
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- The foreign ladies, in their simple, tasteful, fresh attire, innocent of the humpings and bunchings , the monstrosities and deformities of ultra-fashionable bad taste, beamed with cheerfulness, friendliness, and kindliness.