Dumpy vs. Lumpy — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Dumpy and Lumpy
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Definitions
Dumpy➦
Short and stout; squat.
Lumpy➦
Covered or filled with lumps.
Dumpy➦
Resembling a dump, as in being messy or shabby
A dumpy apartment building.
Lumpy➦
Thickset or cumbersome.
Dumpy➦
Short and thick; stout or stocky.
Lumpy➦
Exhibiting short jumbled waves; choppy
Lumpy seas.
A lumpy channel.
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Dumpy➦
Of or relating to a garbage dump; rubbishy.
Lumpy➦
Full of lumps, not smooth.
I don't know which was worse, the lumpy soup or the lumpy bed.
Dumpy➦
A short, stout person or animal, especially one of a breed of very short-legged chickens.
Lumpy➦
Of a water surface: covered in many small waves as a result of wind; choppy.
Dumpy➦
(South Africa) A small bottle of beer.
Lumpy➦
Full of lumps, or small compact masses; as, a lumpy bed; a lumpy batch of dough.
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Dumpy➦
(surveying) dumpy level
Lumpy➦
Like or containing small stick lumps;
The dumplings were chunky pieces of uncooked dough
Dumpy➦
Synonym of dump truck.
Lumpy➦
Having lumps; not smooth and even in texture;
Lumpy gravy
Dumpy➦
Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout.
Dumpy➦
Sullen or discontented. See 2nd dump{1}.
Dumpy➦
Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature;
Some people seem born to be square and chunky
A dumpy little dumpling of a woman
Dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears
A little church with a squat tower
A squatty red smokestack
A stumpy ungainly figure
Dumpy➦
Short and fat