Bundle vs. Harness — What's the Difference?

A collection of things or quantity of material tied or wrapped up together

A set of straps and fittings by which a horse or other draught animal is fastened to a cart, plough, etc. and is controlled by its driver.

Tie or roll up (a number of things) together as though into a parcel

Put a harness on (a horse or other draught animal)

Push, carry, or send forcibly, hastily, or unceremoniously

Control and make use of (natural resources), especially to produce energy

Sleep fully clothed with another person, as a former local custom during courtship.

The gear or tackle, other than a yoke, with which a draft animal pulls a vehicle or implement.

A group of objects held together, as by tying or wrapping.

Something resembling such gear or tackle, as the arrangement of straps used to hold a parachute to the body.

Something wrapped or tied up for carrying; a package.

A device that raises and lowers the warp threads on a loom.

(Biology) A cluster or strand of closely bound muscle or nerve fibers.

(Archaic) Armor for a man or horse.

(Botany) A vascular bundle.

To put a harness on (a draft animal).

A large amount; a lot

To fasten by the use of a harness.

A large sum of money

To bring under control and direct the force of

To tie, wrap, or gather together.

(countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps.

To dispatch or dispense of quickly and with little fuss; hustle

(countable) A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function.

To dress (a person) warmly

The complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; armour in general.

To hurry; hasten

The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.

To sleep in the same bed while fully clothed, a custom formerly practiced by engaged couples in New England and in Wales.

Equipment for any kind of labour.

A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.

(transitive) To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain.

A package wrapped or tied up for carrying.

(transitive) To capture, control or put to use.

A group of products or services sold together as a unit.

(transitive) To equip with armour.

(informal) A large amount, especially of money.

Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor.

(biology) A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres.

The equipment of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear; tackling.

A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, cluster, or lexical bundle.

The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.

A directory containing related resources such as source code; application bundle.

To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array.

A quantity of paper equal to two reams (1000 sheets).

Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense.

(law) A court bundle, the assemblage of documentation prepared for, and referred to during, a court case.

To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively.

(mathematics) Topological space composed of a base space and fibers projected to the base space.

A support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)

(transitive) To tie or wrap together into a bundle.

Stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart

(transitive) To hustle; to dispatch something or someone quickly.

Put a harness;

(intransitive) To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony; used with away, off, out.

Exploit the power of;

(transitive) To dress someone warmly.

Control and direct with or as if by reins;

(intransitive) To dress warmly. Usually bundle up

Keep in check;

(computing) To sell hardware and software as a single product.

(intransitive) To hurry.

(slang) dogpile: to form a pile of people upon a victim.

(transitive) To hastily or clumsily push, put, carry or otherwise send something into a particular place.

To sleep on the same bed without undressing.

A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes.

To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.

To send off abruptly or without ceremony.

To sell together as a single item at one inclusive price; - usually done for related products which work or are used together.

To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.

To sleep on the same bed without undressing; - applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping.

A collection of things wrapped or boxed together

A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing

A large sum of money (especially as pay or profit);

Make into a bundle;

Gather or cause to gather into a cluster;

Compress into a wad;

Sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed