Bunch vs. Cluster — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bunch and Cluster
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Bunch
A group of things growing close together; a cluster or clump
A bunch of grapes.
Grass growing in bunches.
Cluster
A group of the same or similar elements gathered or occurring closely together; a bunch
"She held out her hand, a small tight cluster of fingers" (Anne Tyler).
Bunch
A group of like items or individuals gathered or placed together
A bunch of keys on a ring.
People standing around in bunches.
Cluster
(Linguistics) Two or more successive consonants in a word, as cl and st in the word cluster.
Bunch
(Informal) A group of people usually having a common interest or association
My brother and his bunch are basketball fanatics.
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Cluster
A group of academic courses in a related area.
Bunch
(Informal) A considerable number or amount; a lot
A bunch of trouble.
A whole bunch of food.
Cluster
To gather or grow into bunches.
Bunch
A small lump or swelling; a bump.
Cluster
To cause to grow or form into bunches.
Bunch
To gather or form into a cluster
Bunched my fingers into a fist.
Cluster
A group or bunch of several discrete items that are close to each other.
A cluster of islands
A cluster of flowers grew in the pot.
A leukemia cluster has developed in the town.
Bunch
To gather together into a group.
Cluster
A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.
Bunch
To gather (fabric) into folds.
Cluster
(astronomy) A group of galaxies or stars that appear near each other.
The Pleiades cluster contains seven bright stars.
Bunch
To form a cluster or group
Runners bunching up at the starting line.
Cluster
A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, bundle, or lexical bundle.
Examples of clusters would include "in accordance with", "the results of" and "so far"
Bunch
To be gathered together in folds, as fabric.
Cluster
(music) A secundal chord of three or more notes.
Bunch
To swell; protrude.
Cluster
(phonetics) A group of consonants.
The word "scrub" begins with a cluster of three consonants.
Bunch
A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
A bunch of grapes
A bunch of bananas
A bunch of keys
A bunch of yobs on a street corner
Cluster
(computing) A group of computers that work together.
Bunch
(cycling) The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.
Cluster
(computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block).
Bunch
An informal body of friends.
He still hangs out with the same bunch.
Cluster
A subset of a population whose members are sufficiently similar to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a distinct group; such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant.
Bunch
A considerable amount.
A bunch of trouble
Cluster
(military) A set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast.
Bunch
(informal) An unmentioned amount; a number.
A bunch of them went down to the field.
Cluster
(army) A small metal design that indicates that a medal has been awarded to the same person before.
Bunch
(forestry) A group of logs tied together for skidding.
Cluster
A clusterfuck.
Bunch
An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock.
Cluster
(chemistry) An ensemble of bound atoms or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.
Bunch
(textiles) The reserve yarn on the filling bobbin to allow continuous weaving between the time of indication from the midget feeler until a new bobbin is put in the shuttle.
Cluster
(intransitive) To form a cluster or group.
The children clustered around the puppy.
Bunch
(smoking) An unfinished cigar, before the wrapper leaf is added.
Two to four filler leaves are laid end to end and rolled into the two halves of the binder leaves, making up what is called the bunch.
Cluster
(transitive) To collect into clusters.
Bunch
A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
Cluster
(transitive) To cover with clusters.
Bunch
(transitive) To gather into a bunch.
Cluster
A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.
Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes,Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine.
Bunch
(transitive) To gather fabric into folds.
Cluster
A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands.
Bunch
(intransitive) To form a bunch.
Cluster
A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.
As bees . . . Pour forth their populous youth about the hiveIn clusters.
We loved him; but, like beastsAnd cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters,Who did hoot him out o' the city.
Bunch
(intransitive) To be gathered together in folds
Cluster
To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters.
His sunny hairCluster'd about his temples, like a god's.
The princes of the country clustering together.
Bunch
(intransitive) To protrude or swell
Cluster
To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body.
Not less the bee would range her cells, . . . The foxglove cluster dappled bells.
Or from the forest falls the clustered snow.
Bunch
A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
They will carry . . . their treasures upon the bunches of camels.
Cluster
A grouping of a number of similar things;
A bunch of trees
A cluster of admirers
Bunch
A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys.
Cluster
Come together as in a cluster or flock;
The poets constellate in this town every summer
Bunch
A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein.
Cluster
Gather or cause to gather into a cluster;
She bunched her fingers into a fist
The students bunched up at the registration desk
Bunch
To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
Bunching out into a large round knob at one end.
Bunch
To form into a bunch or bunches.
Bunch
A grouping of a number of similar things;
A bunch of trees
A cluster of admirers
Bunch
An informal body of friends;
He still hangs out with the same crowd
Bunch
Any collection in its entirety;
She bought the whole caboodle
Bunch
Form into a bunch;
The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom
Bunch
Gather or cause to gather into a cluster;
She bunched her fingers into a fist
The students bunched up at the registration desk
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