Rumble vs. Tumble — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Rumble and Tumble
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Rumble
To make a deep, long, rolling sound.
Tumble
To perform acrobatic feats such as somersaults, rolls, or twists.
Rumble
To move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound.
Tumble
To fall, roll, or move end over end
The rocks tumbled down the hill. The kittens tumbled over each other. The asteroids tumble through space.
Rumble
(Slang) To engage in a gang fight.
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Tumble
To spill, roll out, or emerge in confusion or disorder
Toys tumbled out of the closet.
Rumble
To utter with a deep, long, rolling sound.
Tumble
To pitch headlong; fall
Tumbled on the ice.
Rumble
To polish or mix (metal parts) in a tumbling box.
Tumble
To move quickly or awkwardly
We tumbled into the kitchen for lunch.
Rumble
A deep, long, rolling sound.
Tumble
To hang down
Her hair tumbled onto her shoulders.
Rumble
A tumbling box.
Tumble
To collapse
The wall tumbled down.
Rumble
A luggage compartment or servant's seat in the rear of a carriage.
Tumble
To undergo a decline in position, status, or fortune
He tumbled from high office.
Rumble
Pervasive, widespread expression of unrest or dissatisfaction.
Tumble
To decrease
Prices tumbled.
Rumble
A gang fight.
Tumble
To come upon accidentally; happen on
We tumbled on a fine restaurant.
Rumble
A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.
The rumble from passing trucks made it hard to sleep at night.
Tumble
(Slang) To come to a sudden understanding; catch on
Tumbled to the reality that he had been cheated.
Rumble
(slang) A street fight or brawl.
Tumble
To cause to fall or collapse; bring down
The earthquake tumbled the wall.
Rumble
A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
Tumble
To put, spill, or toss haphazardly
Tumbled the extra parts into a box.
Rumble
(dated) A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
Tumble
To toss or whirl in a drum, tumbler, or tumbling box
The dryer tumbles the clothes.
Rumble
(intransitive) To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.
If I don't eat, my stomach will rumble.
I could hear the thunder rumbling in the distance.
Tumble
To cause to lose position, status, or fortune
A scandal tumbled the government.
Rumble
(transitive) To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.
The police is going to rumble your hideout.
Tumble
An act of tumbling; a fall.
Rumble
(intransitive) To move while making a rumbling noise.
The truck rumbled over the rough road.
Tumble
A decrease, as in value
Home prices took a tumble.
Rumble
To fight; to brawl.
Tumble
A confused or disordered collection or amount of something
A tumble of shacks by the river.
Rumble
To provide haptic feedback by vibrating.
Tumble
A fall, especially end over end.
I took a tumble down the stairs and broke my tooth.
Rumble
(transitive) To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.
Tumble
A disorderly heap.
Rumble
(obsolete) To murmur; to ripple.
Tumble
(informal) An act of sexual intercourse.
Rumble
An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise
Tumble
(intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
Rumble
To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder rumbles at a distance.
In the mean while the skies 'gan rumble sore.
The people cried and rombled up and down.
Tumble
(intransitive) To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
Rumble
To murmur; to ripple.
To rumble gently down with murmur soft.
Tumble
(intransitive) To drop rapidly.
Share prices tumbled after the revelation about the company's impending failure.
Rumble
A noisy report; rumor.
Delighting ever in rumble that is new.
Tumble
(transitive) To smoothe and polish, e.g., gemstones or pebbles, by means of a rotating tumbler.
Rumble
A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railroad train.
Clamor and rumble, and ringing and clatter.
Merged in the rumble of awakening day.
Tumble
To have sexual intercourse.
Rumble
A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
Kit, well wrapped, . . . was in the rumble behind.
Tumble
(intransitive) To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
Rumble
A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
Tumble
To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
To tumble a bed
Rumble
A loud low dull continuous noise;
They heard the rumbling of thunder
Tumble
(cryptocurrency) To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
Rumble
A servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage
Tumble
To comprehend; often in tumble to.
Rumble
A fight between rival gangs of adolescents
Tumble
To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person in pain tumbles and tosses.
Rumble
Make a low noise;
Rumbling thunder
Tumble
To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.
He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill.
Rumble
To utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds;
He grumbled a rude response
Stones grumbled down the cliff
Tumble
To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.
Tumble
To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; - sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.
Tumble
To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
Tumble
Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
Tumble
An acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
Tumble
A sudden drop from an upright position;
He had a nasty spill on the ice
Tumble
Fall down, as if collapsing;
The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it
Tumble
Cause to topple or tumble by pushing
Tumble
Roll over and over, back and forth
Tumble
Fly around;
The clothes tumbled in the dryer
Rising smoke whirled in the air
Tumble
Fall apart;
The building crimbled after the explosion
Negociations broke down
Tumble
Throw together in a confused mass;
They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern
Tumble
Understand, usually after some initial difficulty;
She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on
Tumble
Fall suddenly and sharply;
Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency
Tumble
Put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying;
Wash in warm water and tumble dry
Tumble
Suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
Tumble
Do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
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