different between clumper vs plumper

English

Etymology 1

clump +? -er

Noun

clumper (plural clumpers)

1. A grass or other plant that tends to form clumps.

Etymology 2

Compare German klumpern (“to clod”). See clump (noun).

Verb

clumper (third-person singular simple present clumpers, present participle clumpering, simple past and past participle clumpered)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To form into clumps or masses.
   • 1647, Henry More, A Platonick Song of the Soul

     Vapours […] clumper'd in balls of clouds.

Anagrams

• crumple

English

Etymology

plump +? -er

Adjective

plumper

1. comparative form of plump: more plump

Noun

plumper (plural plumpers)

1. One who plumps or swells out something else.
2. That which plumps or swells out something else.
3. Hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks.
4. In elections, a vote given to one candidate only, when two or more are to be elected, thus giving him or her the advantage over the others; a person who gives his or her vote thus is said to plump, or to plump his or her vote.

   Antonym: split ticket

5. A voter who plumps his or her vote.
6. A downright, unqualified lie.
7. (Internet slang) An obese woman, especially in pornography.

Synonyms

• (one who plumps):
• (that which plumps):
• (something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks):
• (vote given to one candidate when two or more are to be elected):
• (voter who plumps his vote):
• (downright, unqualified lie): pork pie (Cockney rhyming slang), porky (UK slang), tall story, whopper

Translations

References

• plumper in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

plumper

1. inflection of plump:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural