Umbrella vs Humbrella - What's the difference?
umbrella | humbrella |
Cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
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*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
Generally, anything that provides protection.
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Something that covers a wide range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.
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The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles.
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To cover or protect, as if by an umbrella.
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To form the dome shape of an open umbrella.
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To move like a sea jelly.
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(archaic)
* 1920 , (Herman Cyril McNeile), Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
*:"It's in the lumber-room, sir—tied up with the old humbrella and the niblick you don't like."
As nouns the difference between umbrella and humbrella
is that umbrella is cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun while humbrella is an alternative spelling of lang=en.As a verb umbrella
is to cover or protect, as if by an umbrella.umbrella
English
(wikipedia umbrella)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (l) * (l) (colloquial) * (l) * (l)Derived terms
* Japanese umbrella pine * subumbrella * umbrella bird * umbrella body * umbrella brand * umbrella fund * umbrellaless * umbrella organisation, umbrella organization * umbrella pine * umbrella plant * umbrella school * umbrella stand * umbrella term * umbrella treeSee also
* awning * bumbershoot * gamp * parasol * shieldExternal links
* *Verb
(en verb)Anagrams
* ----humbrella
English
Noun
(en noun)- He finished the last piece of bacon and pushed away his plate. "Amongst all that mass of paper there must surely be one from a lovely maiden, James, at whose disposal I can place my rusty sword. Incidentally, what has become of the damned thing?"