different between chumpier vs clumpier

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ch?m?pi?r, IPA^(key): /?t??mpi.?/
• (US) enPR: ch?m?pi?r, IPA^(key): /?t??mpi?/

Adjective

chumpier

1. comparative form of chumpy: more chumpy
   • 1976, Evelyn L. Silvernail, The New Complete Fox Terrier (Smooth and Wire) (3rd ed., Howell Book House, ?ISBN, 9780876051207), page 15:

     The former was an elegant gentleman, not far removed from the present-day type; but the latter obviously bore the ‘bull’ quarterings on his escutcheon, for he was a decidedly cobby little dog, broad chest and a shorter, chumpier head…

   • 2007, Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson, Mistakes Were Made (but not by me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts (1st edition, Harcourt Books, ?ISBN, page 252, endnote 3:13:

     Anne E. Wilson and Michael Ross have shown how the self-justifying biases of memory help us move psychologically, in their words, from “chump to champ.” We distance ourselves from our earlier “chumpier” incarnations if doing so allows us to feel better about how much we have grown, learned, and matured, but, like Haber, we feel close to earlier selves we thought were champs. Either way, we can’t lose.

English

Adjective

clumpier

1. comparative form of clumpy: more clumpy