Bundle vs. Bindle — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bundle and Bindle
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Bundle
A collection of things or quantity of material tied or wrapped up together
A thick bundle of envelopes
Bindle
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.
Bundle
Tie or roll up (a number of things) together as though into a parcel
She quickly bundled up her clothes
Bindle
Any given length of cord, rope, twine, etc, used to bind something.
Bundle
Push, carry, or send forcibly, hastily, or unceremoniously
He was bundled into a van
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Bindle
A bundle carried by a hobo (usually containing his possessions), often on a stick slung over the shoulder; a blanket roll.
Bundle
Sleep fully clothed with another person, as a former local custom during courtship.
Bindle
Any bundle or package; specifically one containing narcotics such as cocaine, heroin, or morphine.
Bundle
A group of objects held together, as by tying or wrapping.
Bundle
Something wrapped or tied up for carrying; a package.
Bundle
(Biology) A cluster or strand of closely bound muscle or nerve fibers.
Bundle
(Botany) A vascular bundle.
Bundle
A large amount; a lot
Had a bundle of fun at the dance.
Bundle
A large sum of money
Made a bundle selling real estate.
Bundle
To tie, wrap, or gather together.
Bundle
To dispatch or dispense of quickly and with little fuss; hustle
Bundled the child off to school.
Bundle
To dress (a person) warmly
Bundled them up in winter clothes.
Bundle
To hurry; hasten
The children came bundling in from outside.
Bundle
To sleep in the same bed while fully clothed, a custom formerly practiced by engaged couples in New England and in Wales.
Bundle
A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.
A bundle of straw or of paper
A bundle of old clothes
Bundle
A package wrapped or tied up for carrying.
Bundle
A group of products or services sold together as a unit.
This software bundle includes a wordprocessor, a spreadsheet, and two games.
Bundle
(informal) A large amount, especially of money.
The inventor of that gizmo must have made a bundle.
Bundle
(biology) A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres.
Bundle
A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, cluster, or lexical bundle.
Examples of bundles would include in accordance with, the results of and so far.
Bundle
A directory containing related resources such as source code; application bundle.
Bundle
A quantity of paper equal to two reams (1000 sheets).
Bundle
(law) A court bundle, the assemblage of documentation prepared for, and referred to during, a court case.
Bundle
(mathematics) Topological space composed of a base space and fibers projected to the base space.
Stalk space
Bundle
(transitive) To tie or wrap together into a bundle.
Bundle
(transitive) To hustle; to dispatch something or someone quickly.
Bundle
(intransitive) To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony; used with away, off, out.
Bundle
(transitive) To dress someone warmly.
Bundle
(intransitive) To dress warmly. Usually bundle up
Bundle
(computing) To sell hardware and software as a single product.
Bundle
(intransitive) To hurry.
Bundle
(slang) dogpile: to form a pile of people upon a victim.
Bundle
(transitive) To hastily or clumsily push, put, carry or otherwise send something into a particular place.
Bundle
To sleep on the same bed without undressing.
Bundle
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.
The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend.
Bundle
To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.
Bundle
To send off abruptly or without ceremony.
They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach.
Bundle
To sell together as a single item at one inclusive price; - usually done for related products which work or are used together.
Bundle
To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.
Bundle
To sleep on the same bed without undressing; - applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping.
Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses.
Bundle
A collection of things wrapped or boxed together
Bundle
A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
Bundle
A large sum of money (especially as pay or profit);
She made a bundle selling real estate
They sank megabucks into their new house
Bundle
Make into a bundle;
He bundled up his few possessions
Bundle
Gather or cause to gather into a cluster;
She bunched her fingers into a fist
The students bunched up at the registration desk
Bundle
Compress into a wad;
Wad paper into the box
Bundle
Sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed
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