Bundle vs. Bindle — What's the Difference?

A collection of things or quantity of material tied or wrapped up together

A bindle is the bag, sack, or carrying device stereotypically used by the American sub-culture of hobos. A "bindlestiff" was another name for a hobo who carried a bindle.

Tie or roll up (a number of things) together as though into a parcel

Any given length of cord, rope, twine, etc, used to bind something.

Push, carry, or send forcibly, hastily, or unceremoniously

A bundle carried by a hobo (usually containing his possessions), often on a stick slung over the shoulder; a blanket roll.

Sleep fully clothed with another person, as a former local custom during courtship.

Any bundle or package; specifically one containing narcotics such as cocaine, heroin, or morphine.

A group of objects held together, as by tying or wrapping.

Something wrapped or tied up for carrying; a package.

(Biology) A cluster or strand of closely bound muscle or nerve fibers.

(Botany) A vascular bundle.

A large amount; a lot

A large sum of money

To tie, wrap, or gather together.

To dispatch or dispense of quickly and with little fuss; hustle

To dress (a person) warmly

To hurry; hasten

To sleep in the same bed while fully clothed, a custom formerly practiced by engaged couples in New England and in Wales.

A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.

A package wrapped or tied up for carrying.

A group of products or services sold together as a unit.

(informal) A large amount, especially of money.

(biology) A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres.

A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, cluster, or lexical bundle.

A directory containing related resources such as source code; application bundle.

A quantity of paper equal to two reams (1000 sheets).

(law) A court bundle, the assemblage of documentation prepared for, and referred to during, a court case.

(mathematics) Topological space composed of a base space and fibers projected to the base space.

(transitive) To tie or wrap together into a bundle.

(transitive) To hustle; to dispatch something or someone quickly.

(intransitive) To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony; used with away, off, out.

(transitive) To dress someone warmly.

(intransitive) To dress warmly. Usually bundle up

(computing) To sell hardware and software as a single product.

(intransitive) To hurry.

(slang) dogpile: to form a pile of people upon a victim.

(transitive) To hastily or clumsily push, put, carry or otherwise send something into a particular place.

To sleep on the same bed without undressing.

A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes.

To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.

To send off abruptly or without ceremony.

To sell together as a single item at one inclusive price; - usually done for related products which work or are used together.

To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.

To sleep on the same bed without undressing; - applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping.

A collection of things wrapped or boxed together

A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing

A large sum of money (especially as pay or profit);

Make into a bundle;

Gather or cause to gather into a cluster;

Compress into a wad;

Sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed