Plump vs. Fat
Difference Between Plump and Fat
Plumpnoun
The sound of a sudden heavy fall.
Fatadjective
Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
The fat man had trouble getting through the door.The fattest pig should yield the most meat.Plumpnoun
(obsolete) A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.
a plump of trees, fowls, or spearsFatadjective
Thick.
The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.Plumpadjective
Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
a plump baby;plump cheeksFatadjective
Bountiful.
Plumpadjective
Fat.
Fatadjective
Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; said of food.
Plumpadjective
Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.
Fatadjective
(obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
Plumpverb
(intransitive) To grow plump; to swell out.
Her cheeks have plumped.Fatadjective
Fertile; productive.
a fat soil;a fat pasturePlumpverb
(transitive) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.
to plump oysters or scallops by placing them in fresh or brackish waterFatadjective
Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
a fat benefice;a fat office;a fat jobPlumpverb
(transitive) To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily.
to plump a stone into waterFatadjective
Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
Plumpverb
(intransitive) To give a plumper (kind of vote).
Fatadjective
Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
a fat take;a fat pagePlumpverb
(transitive) To give (a vote), as a plumper.
Fatadjective
alternative form of phat
Plumpverb
(used with for) To favor or decide in favor of something.
Fatnoun
(uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.
Plumpverb
(intransitive) To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
Fatnoun
(countable) A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.
Plumpadverb
Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
Fatnoun
That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
We need to trim the fat in this companyPlumpnoun
the sound of a sudden heavy fall
Fatnoun
(slang) An erection.
I saw Daniel crack a fat.Plumpverb
drop sharply;
The stock market plummetedFatnoun
(golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
Plumpverb
set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise;
He planked the money on the tableHe planked himself into the sofaFatnoun
The best or richest productions; the best part.
to live on the fat of the landPlumpverb
make fat or plump;
We will plump out that poor starving childFatnoun
Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
Plumpverb
give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number;
I plumped for the losing candidatesFatnoun
(obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
Plumpadjective
euphemisms for slightly fat;
a generation ago...buxom actresses were popularchubby babiespleasingly plumpFatnoun
(obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.
Plumpadverb
straight down especially heavily or abruptly;
the anchor fell plump into the seawe dropped the rock plump into the waterFatverb
To make fat; to fatten.
kill the fatted calfFatverb
To become fat; to fatten.
Fatnoun
a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides);
pizza has too much fatFatnoun
a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs;
fatty tissue protected them from the severe coldFatnoun
excess bodily weight;
she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in othersFatverb
make fat or plump;
We will plump out that poor starving childFatadjective
having much flesh (especially fat);
he hadn't remembered how fat she wasFatadjective
having a relatively large diameter;
a fat ropeFatadjective
containing or composed of fat;
fatty foodfat tissueFatadjective
lucrative;
a juicy contracta nice fat jobFatadjective
marked by great fruitfulness;
fertile farmlanda fat landa productive vineyardrich soilFatadjective
a chubby body;
the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks
