different between bulbous vs swollen

bulbous

English

Etymology

bulb +? -ous or alteration of Latin bulbosus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?b?lb?s/, /?bo?lb?s/

Adjective

bulbous (comparative more bulbous, superlative most bulbous)

  1. Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
  2. (of a person) Overweight and round in shape.
  3. (botany) Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.

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swollen

English

Etymology

From Middle English swollen, i-swolle, y-swolle, yswolle, ?eswollen, from Old English swollen, ?eswollen, from Proto-Germanic *swullanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *swellan? (to swell). Cognate with West Frisian swollen (swollen), Dutch gezwollen (swollen), German geschwollen (swollen), Swedish svullen (swollen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sw??l?n/
  • Rhymes: -??l?n

Adjective

swollen (comparative more swollen, superlative most swollen)

  1. protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).

Translations

Verb

swollen

  1. past participle of swell

See also

  • swole

Anagrams

  • Nowells, nowells

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