Thick vs Plump - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between thick and plump

is that thick is relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension while plump is having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

As adverbs the difference between thick and plump

is that thick is in a thick manner while plump is directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.

As nouns the difference between thick and plump

is that thick is the thickest, or most active or intense, part of something while plump is a knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.

As verbs the difference between thick and plump

is that thick is to thicken while plump is to grow plump; to swell out.

thick

English

Adjective

(er)

Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.

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Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.

Heavy in build; thickset.

* 2007 , James T. Knight, Queen of the Hustle

As she twirled around in front of the mirror admiring how the dress showed off her thick booty, she felt like a princess in a children's storybook.

Densely crowded or packed.

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, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.}}

Having a viscous consistency.

Abounding in number.

Impenetrable to sight.

Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.

(informal) Stupid.

(informal) Friendly or intimate.

* T. Hughes

We have been thick ever since.

Deep, intense, or profound.

* Shakespeare

thick sleep

Synonyms

* (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) broad * (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) * (heavy in build) chunky, solid, stocky, thickset * (densely crowded or packed) crowded, dense, packed * (having a viscous consistency) glutinous, viscous * (abounding in number) overflowing, swarming, teeming * (impenetrable to sight) dense, opaque, solid * (sense) unclear * dense, dumb (informal), stupid, thick as pigshit (taboo slang), thick as two short planks (slang) * (sense) chummy (qualifier), close, close-knit, friendly, pally (informal), intimate, tight-knit * great, extreme * See also

Antonyms

* (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) slim, thin * (heavy in build) slender, slight, slim, svelte, thin * (densely crowded or packed) sparse * (having a viscous consistency) free-flowing, runny * (abounding in number) * (impenetrable to sight) thin, transparent * (sense) clear, lucid * brainy (informal), intelligent, smart * (sense) unacquainted

Derived terms

* blood is thicker than water * thick and thin * thick as a brick * thick as a plank * thick as thieves * thick as two short planks * thicket * thickhead * thickish * thickly * thicko * thickness * thickset * thick-skinned * thick-un * thicky

Adverb

(er)

In a thick manner.

Snow lay thick on the ground.

Thickly.

Bread should be sliced thick to make toast.

Frequently; in great numbers.

The arrows flew thick and fast around us.

Noun

(-)

The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.

It was mayhem in the thick of battle.

* Dryden

He through a little window cast his sight / Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light.

A thicket.

* Drayton

gloomy thicks

* Spenser

Through the thick they heard one rudely rush.

A stupid person; a fool.

* 2014 , Joseph O'Connor, The Thrill of It All (page 100)

If there was doctorates in bollocksology and scratching yourself in bed, the two of you'd be professors by now. Pair of loafing, idle thicks .

Derived terms

* in the thick of * through thick and thin

Verb

(en verb)

(archaic) To thicken.

The nightmare Life-in-death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold. — Coleridge.

1000 English basic words

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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