Tumped vs Sumped - What's the difference?
tumped | sumped |
(tump)
(British, rare) A mound or hillock.
* 1974 , Guy Davenport, Tatlin! :
(Southern US) to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump")
(Southern US) To fall over.
(US, dialect) To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.
(sump)
A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
The lowest part of a mine shaft into which water drains.
A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
(automotive) The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
(nautical) The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
(construction) An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.
Of a cave passage, to end in a sump, or to fill completely with water on occasion.
* We discovered a new passage, but it sumped after 100 metres.
* This low passage sumps quickly after moderate rainfall.
As verbs the difference between tumped and sumped
is that tumped is (tump) while sumped is (sump).tumped
English
Verb
(head)tump
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) twmp, twm.Noun
(en noun)- 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)
Etymology 2
Possibly from .Verb
(en verb)- Don't tump that bucket over!
- (Bartlett)