Stump vs. Stumpy — What's the Difference?

The part of a tree trunk left protruding from the ground after the tree has fallen or has been felled.

The part of a tree trunk left protruding from the ground after the tree has fallen or has been felled.

A part, as of a branch, limb, or tooth, remaining after the main part has been cut away, broken off, or worn down.

A part, as of a branch, limb, or tooth, remaining after the main part has been cut away, broken off, or worn down.

Stumps(Informal) The legs.

Stumps(Informal) The legs.

An artificial leg.

An artificial leg.

(Derogatory) A short, thickset person.

(Derogatory) A short, thickset person.

A heavy footfall.

A heavy footfall.

A place or an occasion used for political or campaign oratory

A place or an occasion used for political or campaign oratory

A short, pointed roll of leather or paper or wad of rubber for rubbing on a charcoal or pencil drawing to shade or soften it.

A short, pointed roll of leather or paper or wad of rubber for rubbing on a charcoal or pencil drawing to shade or soften it.

(Sports) Any of the three upright sticks in a cricket wicket.

(Sports) Any of the three upright sticks in a cricket wicket.

To reduce to a stump.

To reduce to a stump.

To clear stumps from

To clear stumps from

To stub (a toe or foot).

To stub (a toe or foot).

To walk over heavily or clumsily.

To walk over heavily or clumsily.

To traverse (a district or region) making political speeches.

To traverse (a district or region) making political speeches.

To shade (a drawing) with a stump.

To shade (a drawing) with a stump.

To challenge (someone); dare.

To challenge (someone); dare.

To cause to be at a loss; baffle

To cause to be at a loss; baffle

To walk heavily or clumsily.

To walk heavily or clumsily.

To go about making political speeches.

To go about making political speeches.

The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.

Like or resembling a stump; short and cut off.

(politics) The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.

Full of stumps.

(figurative) A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.

(slang) An amputee who has lost a leg.

(cricket) One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball.

Money.

(drawing) An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media.

Full of stumps; hard; strong.

A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house.

Short and thick; stubby.

A leg.

Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature;

A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key.

A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.

To stop, confuse, or puzzle.

To baffle; to make unable to find an answer to a question or problem.

(intransitive) To campaign.

To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes.

To get a batsman out stumped.

To bowl down the stumps of (a wicket).

(intransitive) To walk heavily or clumsily, plod, trudge.

(transitive) To reduce to a stump; to truncate or cut off a part of.

(transitive) To strike unexpectedly; to stub, as the toe against something fixed.

The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.

The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom.

The legs; as, to stir one's stumps.

One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.

A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon, etc., in powder.

A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.

To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop.

To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub.

To challenge; also, to nonplus.

To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; - sometimes with out.

To walk clumsily, as if on stumps.

The base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled

The part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed

(cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket

A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

Cause to be perplexed or confounded;

Walk heavily;

Travel through a district and make political speeches;

Remove tree stumps from;