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Trudge vs Hump - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between trudge and hump

is that trudge is to trudge along or over a route etc while hump is to bend something into a hump.

As nouns the difference between trudge and hump

is that trudge is a tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk while hump is a mound of earth.

As verbs the difference between trudge and hump

is that trudge is to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps while hump is to bend something into a hump.

As a proper noun Hump is

the Himalayas, as the challenge for the supply route between India and China.

trudge

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.
  • Verb

    (trudg)
  • To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.
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  • This famous archaeological site marks the farthest limit of human migration out of Africa in the middle Stone Ageā€”the outer edge of our knowledge of the cosmos. I trudge to the caves in a squall.
  • To trudge along or over a route etc.
  • Derived terms

    * trudger

    References

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    hump

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hump) (en noun)
  • A mound of earth.
  • A rounded mass, especially a fleshy mass such as on a camel.
  • A speed hump.
  • (rft-sense) A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
  • (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
  • (British, slang) A bad mood.
  • get the hump''', have the '''hump''', take the '''hump .
  • (slang) A painfully boorish person.
  • That guy is such a hump !

    Synonyms

    * (abnormal deformity of the spine) gibbous, humpback, hunch, hunchback

    See also

    * over the hump * hump day * speed hump

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bend something into a hump.
  • (slang) To carry something, especially with some exertion.
  • (slang) To carry, especially with some exertion.
  • (intransitive) To dry-hump.
  • (slang) To have sex with.
  • (slang) To have sex.
  • Derived terms

    * dry-hump