Bump vs. Excrescence — What's the Difference?

To strike or collide with

An outgrowth or enlargement, especially an abnormal one, such as a wart.

To cause to knock against an obstacle

A usually unwanted or unnecessary accretion

To knock to a new position; shift

Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.

To shake up and down; jolt

A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct.

To displace from a position within a group or organization.

(phonetics) The epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ]), or -t (Etymology 2).

To deprive (a passenger) of reserved travel accommodations because of overbooking.

An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant.

To raise; boost

Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form

(Sports) To pass (a volleyball) by redirecting it with the forearms.

(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body

To hit or knock against something

To proceed with jerks and jolts

(Sports) To bump a volleyball.

A blow, collision, or jolt.

The sound of something bumping

A raised or rounded spot; a bulge.

A slight swelling or lump.

(Informal) See baby bump.

A rise or increase, as in prices or enrollment.

A forward thrust of the pelvis, as in a burlesque striptease.

(Sports) A pass in volleyball made by redirecting the ball with the inside of the forearms, especially when extended and held together.

A small dose of an illegal drug, especially cocaine inhaled in powdered form.

A shot of hard liquor, sometimes accompanied by a beer chaser.

A light blow or jolting collision.

The sound of such a collision.

A protuberance on a level surface.

A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.

(obsolete) One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also the faculty itself

(rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.

The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.

(Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.

A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.

(slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.

(preceded by definite article) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump each other's hips together.

In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.

(uncountable) A coarse cotton fabric.

A training match for a fighting dog.

The jaw of either of the middle pockets.

Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.

(industrial relations) A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.

The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.

To knock against or run into with a jolt.

To move up or down by a step; displace.

(Internet) To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.

To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.

(transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.

(transitive) To move the time of (a scheduled event).

(transitive) To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.

To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.

To spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages.

To assassinate; to bump off.

To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.

To anger, irritate.

Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.

(internet) Posted in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.

To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

To come in violent contact with something; to thump.

To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.

A thump; a heavy blow.

A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.

One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of "veneration;" the bump of "acquisitiveness."

The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following.

The noise made by the bittern.

A lump on the body caused by a blow

Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form

An impact (as from a collision);

Knock against with force or violence;

Come upon, as if by accident; meet with;

Dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward;

Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank;

Remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied;