Knob vs. Lump — What's the Difference?

A rounded lump or ball, especially at the end or on the surface of something.

A compact mass of a substance, especially one without a definite or regular shape

A prominent round hill.

The state of being self-employed and paid without deduction of tax, especially in the building industry

A man's penis.

Put in an indiscriminate mass or group; treat as alike without regard for particulars

A small flock of wigeon, pochard, or teal (ducks)

Carry (a heavy load) somewhere with difficulty

(of a man) have sexual intercourse with (someone).

Accept or tolerate a disagreeable situation whether one likes it or not

A rounded protuberance.

An irregularly shaped mass or piece.

A rounded handle, as on a drawer or door.

A small cube of sugar.

A rounded control switch or dial.

(Medicine) A swelling or small palpable mass.

A prominent rounded hill or mountain.

A collection or totality; an aggregate.

A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.

A person regarded as ungainly or dull-witted.

A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.

Severe punishment or treatment, as a beating or an unsparing criticism

A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.

One's just deserts; comeuppance

A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.

Formed into lumps

A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.

Not broken or divided into parts

(geography) A prominent rounded hill.

To put together in a single group without discrimination.

A woman's breast.

To move with heavy clumsiness.

The penis; dick.

To make into lumps.

The head of the penis; the glans.

To become lumpy.

A contemptible person; dick.

To move heavily.

The clitoris.

To tolerate (what must be endured)

(cooking) A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter).

Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.

A chunky branch-like piece, especially of a ginger rhizome.

A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body.

A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves.

A group, set, or unit.

A freshman at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.

A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.

To have sex with.

A dull or lazy person.

A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.

A beating or verbal abuse.

A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer.

A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.

A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob.

A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.

See Knop.

Food given to a tramp to be eaten on the road.

To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.

(transitive) To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).

A circular rounded projection or protuberance

(transitive) To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.

A round handle

(transitive) To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.

Any thickened enlargement

To hit or strike (a person).

An ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger

(intransitive) To form a lump or lumps.

A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.

A mass or aggregation of things.

A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.

To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.

To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.

To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he doesn't like it, he can lump it.

A large piece of something without definite shape;

A compact mass;

Abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

An awkward stupid person

Put together indiscriminately;

Group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side