different between bunching vs inflammation

English

Verb

bunching

1. present participle of bunch

Noun

bunching (countable and uncountable, plural bunchings)

1. (countable) An arrangement of items in a bunch.
   • 1974, Isabella Bird, Six Months in the Sandwich Islands, amongst the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs and Volcanoes

     The foreign ladies, in their simple, tasteful, fresh attire, innocent of the humpings and bunchings, the monstrosities and deformities of ultra-fashionable bad taste, beamed with cheerfulness, friendliness, and kindliness.

2. (uncountable) The illegitimate supplying of laboratory animals that are actually kidnapped pets or illegally trapped strays.

Related terms

• buncher

English

Etymology

From Middle French inflammation, from Latin ?nflamm?ti?, ?nflamm?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nfl??me???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

inflammation (countable and uncountable, plural inflammations)

1. The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire.
2. The state of being inflamed
3. (pathology) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.
4. (archaic) Violent excitement

   an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties

   Synonyms: passion, animosity, turbulence, heat

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:inflammation

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?nflamm?ti?, ?nflamm?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.fla.ma.sj??/
• Homophone: inflammations

Noun

inflammation f (plural inflammations)

1. inflammation

References

• “inflammation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).