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Difference Between Bump and Excrescence

Bump

To strike or collide with
bumped the chair with a knee.
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Excrescence

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

To cause to knock against an obstacle
bumped a knee against the chair.
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Excrescence

A usually unwanted or unnecessary accretion
"Independent agencies were an excrescence on the Constitution" (Los Angeles Times).
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Bump

To knock to a new position; shift
bumped the crate out of the way.
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Excrescence

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

To shake up and down; jolt
bumped the child on her knee.
was bumped about on a rough flight.
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Excrescence

A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct.
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Bump

To displace from a position within a group or organization.
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Excrescence

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

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

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.
The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy.
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Bump

To raise; boost
bump up the price of gasoline.
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Excrescence

something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form
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Bump

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

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

To hit or knock against something
boxes bumping against one another in a truck.
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Bump

To proceed with jerks and jolts
bumped along slowly over the rocky terrain.
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Bump

(Sports) To bump a volleyball.
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Bump

A blow, collision, or jolt.
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Bump

The sound of something bumping
heard a loud bump in the dark.
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Bump

A raised or rounded spot; a bulge.
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Bump

A slight swelling or lump.
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Bump

(Informal) See baby bump.
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Bump

A rise or increase, as in prices or enrollment.
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Bump

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

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

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

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

A light blow or jolting collision.
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Bump

The sound of such a collision.
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Bump

A protuberance on a level surface.
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Bump

A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
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Bump

(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
the bump of veneration; the bump of acquisitiveness
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Bump

(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.
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Bump

The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
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Bump

(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.
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Bump

A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
US presidential nominees get a post-convention bump in survey ratings.
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Bump

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

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

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

(uncountable) A coarse cotton fabric.
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Bump

A training match for a fighting dog.
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Bump

The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
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Bump

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

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

The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.
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Bump

To knock against or run into with a jolt.
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Bump

To move up or down by a step; displace.
I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read.
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Bump

(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.
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Bump

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

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

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

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

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

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

To assassinate; to bump off.
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Bump

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

To anger, irritate.
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Bump

Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.
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Bump

(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.
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Bump

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

To come in violent contact with something; to thump.
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Bump

To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.
As a bittern bumps within a reed.
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Bump

A thump; a heavy blow.
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Bump

A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.
It had upon its browA bump as big as a young cockerel's stone.
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Bump

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."
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Bump

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

The noise made by the bittern.
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Bump

a lump on the body caused by a blow
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Bump

something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form
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Bump

an impact (as from a collision);
the bump threw him off the bicycle
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Bump

knock against with force or violence;
My car bumped into the tree
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Bump

come upon, as if by accident; meet with;
We find this idea in Plato
I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here
She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day
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Bump

dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward;
bump and grind
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Bump

assign to a lower position; reduce in rank;
She was demoted because she always speaks up
He was broken down to Sargeant
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Bump

remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied;
The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space
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