Plump vs. Fat

Plump vs. Fat — Is There a Difference?
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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 spears

Fatadjective

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 cheeks

Fatadjective

Bountiful.

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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 pasture
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Plumpverb

(transitive) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.

to plump oysters or scallops by placing them in fresh or brackish water

Fatadjective

Rich; producing a large income; desirable.

a fat benefice;a fat office;a fat job

Plumpverb

(transitive) To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily.

to plump a stone into water

Fatadjective

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 page

Plumpverb

(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 company

Plumpnoun

the sound of a sudden heavy fall

Fatnoun

(slang) An erection.

I saw Daniel crack a fat.

Plumpverb

drop sharply;

The stock market plummeted

Fatnoun

(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 sofa

Fatnoun

The best or richest productions; the best part.

to live on the fat of the land

Plumpverb

make fat or plump;

We will plump out that poor starving child

Fatnoun

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 candidates

Fatnoun

(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 plump

Fatnoun

(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 water

Fatverb

To make fat; to fatten.

kill the fatted calf

Fatverb

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 fat

Fatnoun

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 cold

Fatnoun

excess bodily weight;

she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others

Fatverb

make fat or plump;

We will plump out that poor starving child

Fatadjective

having much flesh (especially fat);

he hadn't remembered how fat she was

Fatadjective

having a relatively large diameter;

a fat rope

Fatadjective

containing or composed of fat;

fatty foodfat tissue

Fatadjective

lucrative;

a juicy contracta nice fat job

Fatadjective

marked by great fruitfulness;

fertile farmlanda fat landa productive vineyardrich soil

Fatadjective

a chubby body;

the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks