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Thud vs Thump - What's the difference?

thud | thump |

As nouns the difference between thud and thump

is that thud is the sound of a dull impact while thump is a blow that produces a muffled sound.

As verbs the difference between thud and thump

is that thud is to make the sound of a dull impact while thump is to hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump.

thud

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The sound of a dull impact.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 3
    • These were but the thoughts of a second, but the voices were nearer, and I heard a dull thud far up the passage, and knew that a man had jumped down from the churchyard into the hole.
  • Republic jet ground attack fighter.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make the sound of a dull impact.

    • Synonyms

    * flump, plunk

    Coordinate terms

    * clang, clash, crash English onomatopoeias ----

    thump

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a blow that produces a muffled sound
  • * Tatler
    • The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock.
  • the sound of such a blow; a thud

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hit (someone or something) as if to make a .
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • These bastard Bretons, whom our fathers / Have in their own land beaten, bobb'd, and thump'd .
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 19, author=Jonathan Stevenson, work=BBC
    • , title= Leeds 1-3 Arsenal , passage=Kasper Schmeichel brilliantly denied Marouane Chamakh before Bacary Sagna thumped home a second, though Bradley Johnson's screamer halved the deficit.}}
  • To thud or pound.
  • To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}