Damp vs. Dump — What's the Difference?

Slightly wet

To release or throw down in a large mass.

Humid

To empty (material) out of a container or vehicle

(Archaic) Dejected; depressed.

To empty out (a container or vehicle), as by overturning or tilting.

Moisture in the air; humidity

To get rid of; discard

Moisture that lies or has condensed on something

(Informal) To discard or reject unceremoniously

Foul or poisonous gas that sometimes pollutes the air in coal mines.

To place (goods or stock, for example) on the market in large quantities and at a low price.

Lowness of spirits; depression

(Computers) To transfer (data stored internally in a computer) from one place to another, as from a memory to a printout, without processing.

A restraint or check; a discouragement

(Slang) To knock down; beat.

To make damp or moist; moisten.

To fall or drop abruptly.

To suppress or extinguish (a fire) by reducing or cutting off air.

To discharge cargo or contents; unload.

To restrain or check

(Slang) To criticize another severely

(Music) To slow or stop the vibrations of (the strings of a keyboard instrument) with a damper.

A place where refuse is dumped

(Physics) To decrease the amplitude of (an oscillating system).

A storage place for goods or supplies; a depot

In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.

An unordered accumulation; a pile.

(figuratively) Despondent; dispirited, downcast.

(Computers) An instance or the result of dumping stored data.

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(Slang) A poorly maintained or disreputable place.

Moisture; humidity; dampness.

Vulgar Slang An act of defecating. Often used with take.

(archaic) Fog; fogginess; vapor.

A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.

(archaic) Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity.

A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.

A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.

That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.

To dampen; to make moderately wet

(computing) An act of dumping, or its result.

To put out, as fire; to weaken, restrain, or make dull.

(computing) A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program.

(transitive) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).

A storage place for supplies, especially military.

Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

(slang) An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring, or depressing looking place.

Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.

An act of defecation; a defecating.

A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.

A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency.

Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.

Absence of mind; reverie.

Dejected; depressed; sunk.

(mining) A pile of ore or rock.

To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.

(obsolete) A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.

To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage.

(obsolete) An old kind of dance.

A slight wetness

A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar).

Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

(marketing) A temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold.

Restrain or discourage;

A thick, ill-shapen piece.

Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;

A lead counter used in the game of chuck-farthing.

Lessen in force or effect;

(Northern England) A deep hole in a river bed; a pool.

Slightly wet;

(transitive) To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.

(transitive) To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.

(transitive) To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.

To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.

To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.

To end a romantic relationship with.

To knock heavily; to stump.

(transitive) To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it

To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.

Of a surf wave, to crash a swimmer, surfer, etc., heavily downwards.

A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.

A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits or a mild depression; despondency; ill humor; - now used only in the plural.

Absence of mind; revery.

A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.

An old kind of dance.

A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.

A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.

That which is dumped.

A pile of ore or rock.

A coarse term for defecation.

To knock heavily; to stump.

To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc.

A coarse term for defecation;

A piece of land where waste materials are dumped

(computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs

Throw away as refuse;

Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly;

Sell at artificially low prices

Drop in a heap or mass

Fall abruptly;

Knock down with force;