Difference between Lump and Hunk

What is the difference between Lump and Hunk?

Lump as a noun is something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group. while Hunk as a noun is a large or dense piece of something.

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: I'm the most unromantic lump of Northern suet. Yes, a woman did accost me once in South Shields, but she had a face like Red Rum.

Hunk

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A large or dense piece of something.A sexually attractive boy or man, especially one who is muscular.A record of differences between almost contiguous portions of two files (or other sources of information). Differences that are widely separated by areas which are identical in both files would not be part of a single hunk. Differences that are separated by small regions which are identical in both files may comprise a single hunk. Patches are made up of hunks.A honyock.

Example sentence: Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea, God Bless, keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and paid forward for the next kid who comes along.

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

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