Lum vs. Lump — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lum and Lump
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Definitions
Lum
A chimney; also, the top part of a chimney.
Lump
A compact mass of a substance, especially one without a definite or regular shape
There was a lump of ice floating in the milk
Lum
A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.
Lump
The state of being self-employed and paid without deduction of tax, especially in the building industry
‘Working?’ ‘Only on the lump, here and there’
Lump labour
Lum
A grove or wood; also, a woody valley.
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Lump
Put in an indiscriminate mass or group; treat as alike without regard for particulars
Nigel didn't like being lumped in with prisoners
Hong Kong and Bangkok tend to be lumped together in holiday brochures
Lum
A deep pool, especially one in a riverbed.
Lump
Carry (a heavy load) somewhere with difficulty
The coalman had to lump one-hundredweight sacks right through the house
Lum
A chimney.
Lump
Accept or tolerate a disagreeable situation whether one likes it or not
You can like it or lump it but I've got to work
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Lum
A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.
Lump
An irregularly shaped mass or piece.
Lum
A woody valley; also, a deep pool.
Lump
A small cube of sugar.
Lump
(Medicine) A swelling or small palpable mass.
Lump
A collection or totality; an aggregate.
Lump
A person regarded as ungainly or dull-witted.
Lump
Severe punishment or treatment, as a beating or an unsparing criticism
Take one's lumps.
Lump
One's just deserts; comeuppance
Get one's lumps.
Lump
Formed into lumps
Lump sugar.
Lump
Not broken or divided into parts
A lump payment.
Lump
To put together in a single group without discrimination.
Lump
To move with heavy clumsiness.
Lump
To make into lumps.
Lump
To become lumpy.
Lump
To move heavily.
Lump
To tolerate (what must be endured)
Like it or lump it.
Lump
Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps.
A lump of coal; a lump of clay; a lump of cheese
Lump
A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body.
Lump
A group, set, or unit.
The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.
Lump
A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
Do you want one lump or two with your coffee?
Lump
A dull or lazy person.
Don't just sit there like a lump.
Lump
A beating or verbal abuse.
He's taken his lumps over the years.
Lump
A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
Lump
A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
Lump
Food given to a tramp to be eaten on the road.
Lump
(transitive) To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).
People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different creatures.
Lump
(transitive) To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.
Lump
(transitive) To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.
Lump
To hit or strike (a person).
Lump
(intransitive) To form a lump or lumps.
Lump
A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.
Lump
A mass or aggregation of things.
Lump
A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
They may buy them in the lump.
Lump
To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.
The expenses ought to be lumped together.
Lump
To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.
Not forgetting all others, . . . whom for brevity, but out of no resentment to you, I lump all together.
Lump
To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he doesn't like it, he can lump it.
Lump
A large piece of something without definite shape;
A hunk of bread
A lump of coal
Lump
A compact mass;
A ball of mud caught him on the shoulder
Lump
Abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
Lump
An awkward stupid person
Lump
Put together indiscriminately;
Lump together all the applicants
Lump
Group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
