different between dune vs bump
dune
English
Etymology
Partly from a dialectal form of down; and partly from French dune (from Old French dune), or from Middle Dutch d?ne (modern Dutch duin), or from Middle Low German dûne; all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *d?n?, *d?naz, probably from Gaulish dunum (“hill”), from Proto-Celtic *d?nom (“stronghold, rampart”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?uHnom (“enclosure”), from *d?ewh?- (“to finish, come full circle”). Doublet of down (which see).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dju?n/, /d?u?n/
- Homophone: June (with /d?/)
- (US) IPA(key): /du?n/
- Rhymes: -u?n
Noun
dune (plural dunes)
- (geomorphology) A ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind.
Synonyms
- sand dune, sand-dune
Antonyms
- dyke, dike
Derived terms
- dunesand
- duney
Related terms
- duned
Translations
Anagrams
- nude, undé
French
Etymology
From Old French dune, from Middle Dutch d?ne (Dutch duin), possibly from Gaulish *dunon (“hill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dyn/
Noun
dune f (plural dunes)
- dune
Further reading
- “dune” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -une
Noun
dune f pl
- plural of duna
Anagrams
- nude
Middle English
Noun
dune
- Alternative form of dynne
dune From the web:
- what dune books to read
- what dune books are worth reading
- what dune book to read first
- what dune means
- what dune book to start with
- what dune books to read reddit
- what does mean
- what dune books are good
bump
English
Etymology
From Early Modern English bump (“a shock, blow from a collision", also "to make a heavy, hollow sound, boom”), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Danish bump (“a thump”), Danish bumpe (“to thump”), Old Danish bumpe (“to strike with a clenched fist”). Apparently related to Middle English bumben, bummen (“to make a hollow noise”), Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”), German bummen (“to hum, buzz”), Icelandic bumba (“drum”), probably of imitative origin. More at bum, bumble. Compare also bomb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?mp/
- Rhymes: -?mp
Noun
bump (countable and uncountable, plural bumps)
- A light blow or jolting collision.
- The sound of such a collision.
- A protuberance on a level surface.
- A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
- (obsolete) One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also (dated, metonymically) the faculty itself
- c.1845 Thomas MacNevin, cited in Charles Gavan Duffy (1896) Young Ireland: A Fragment of Irish History, 1840-45; final revision (London: T.F. Unwin) Vol.II p.100:
- Our task is to elevate the character of the people, raising up, in fact, their bump of self-esteem and suppressing the bumps of servility and fury.
- c.1845 Thomas MacNevin, cited in Charles Gavan Duffy (1896) Young Ireland: A Fragment of Irish History, 1840-45; final revision (London: T.F. Unwin) Vol.II p.100:
- (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
- The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
- (Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
- (slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
- The noise made by the bittern; a boom.
- (preceded by definite article) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump each other's hips together.
- In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
- (uncountable) A coarse cotton fabric.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- (snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
bump (third-person singular simple present bumps, present participle bumping, simple past and past participle bumped)
- To knock against or run into with a jolt.
- To move up or down by a step; displace.
- (Internet) To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- (chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
- (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
- 2005, Lois Jones, EasyJet: the story of Britain's biggest low-cost airline (page 192)
- Easyjet said the compensation package for passengers bumped off flights was 'probably the most flawed piece of European legislation in recent years' […]
- 2005, Lois Jones, EasyJet: the story of Britain's biggest low-cost airline (page 192)
- (transitive) To move the time of (a scheduled event).
- 2010, Nancy Conner, Matthew MacDonald, Office 2010: The Missing Manual, p. 332:
- A colleague emails with news that her 4:30 meeting got bumped to 3:30.
- 2010, Nancy Conner, Matthew MacDonald, Office 2010: The Missing Manual, p. 332:
- (transitive) To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
- (intransitive, archaic) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.
- as a bittern bumps within a reed
- (printing, dated) To spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages.
- (slang, transitive) To assassinate; to bump off.
- 1944, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman, The Big Sleep (screenplay)
- You know about the night the kid bumped Brody?
- 1944, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman, The Big Sleep (screenplay)
Derived terms
Translations
Interjection
bump
- (Internet) Posted in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
Danish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, compare English bump.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bom?p/, [?b??m?b?]
- Homophone: bomb
Noun
bump n (singular definite bumpet, plural indefinite bump)
- thud
- jolt
- road hump
Inflection
Derived terms
- vejbump
- bumpe
Verb
bump (form)
- imperative of bumpe
Welsh
Numeral
bump
- Soft mutation of pump (“five”).
Mutation
bump From the web:
- what bump means
- what bumpers fit my car
- what bumps on tongue
- what bumper plates should i buy
- what bumper to bumper warranty covers
- what bumper stickers say about you
- what bumps on back of tongue
- what bumps on lips
you may also like
- dune vs bump
- lodgings vs arrangements
- group vs hodgepodge
- direct vs impose
- toughness vs pugnacity
- dictate vs institute
- part vs angle
- calm vs dull
- capableness vs clout
- mastery vs virtuosity
- ludicrous vs mirthful
- discharge vs shattering
- rock vs joggle
- strategy vs wile
- conclude vs fulfil
- necessary vs constituent
- unexplainable vs enigmatical
- reverberate vs blast
- prickly vs shaggy
- forlorn vs downcast