Difference between Lump and Glob

What is the difference between Lump and Glob?

Lump as a verb is to treat as a single unit; to group together. while Glob as a verb is to stick in globs or lumps.

Lump

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To treat as a single unit; to group together.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group. A group, set, or unit.

Example sentence: It's hard for people to understand editing, I think. It's absolutely like sculpture. You get a big lump of clay, and you have to form it - this raw, unedited, very long footage.

Glob

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stick in globs or lumps.To carry out pattern matching using a glob.

We hope you now know whether to use Lump or Glob in your sentence.

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