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Tump vs Gump - What's the difference?

tump | gump |

As nouns the difference between tump and gump

is that tump is (british|rare) a mound or hillock or tump can be (uncommon) a tumpline while gump is (dated) a dunce, a foolish person or nitwit.

As a verb tump

is to form a mass of earth or a hillock about or tump can be (southern us) to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump").

tump

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) twmp, twm.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British, rare) A mound or hillock.
  • * 1974 , Guy Davenport, Tatlin! :
    • The island was two rocks grey as twilight between which a tump of iron loam ribbed with flint bore a stand of fir and spruce.
    (Ainsworth)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form a mass of earth or a hillock about.
    • to tump teasel

    Etymology 2

    Possibly from .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Southern US) to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump")
    • Don't tump that bucket over!
  • (Southern US) To fall over.
  • (US, dialect) To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.
    • (Bartlett)

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl); see tumpline for more.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncommon) A tumpline.

    • gump

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) a dunce, a foolish person or nitwit