The difference between Bale and Bundle

When used as nouns, bale means evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death, whereas bundle means a group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.

When used as verbs, bale means to wrap into a bale, whereas bundle means to tie or wrap together into a bundle.


check bellow for the other definitions of Bale and Bundle

  1. Bale as a noun:

    evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.

  2. Bale as a noun:

    suffering, woe, torment.

  1. Bale as a noun (obsolete):

    A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.

  2. Bale as a noun (archaic):

    A funeral pyre.

  3. Bale as a noun (archaic):

    A beacon-fire.

  1. Bale as a noun:

    A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.

  2. Bale as a noun:

    A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.

  3. Bale as a noun:

    A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).

  4. Bale as a noun:

    A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.

  1. Bale as a verb (transitive):

    To wrap into a bale.

  1. Bale as a verb (British, nautical):

    To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.

  1. Bundle as a noun:

    A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.

    Examples:

    "a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes"

  2. Bundle as a noun:

    A package wrapped or tied up for carrying.

  3. Bundle as a noun (informal):

    A large amount, especially of money.

    Examples:

    "The inventor of that gizmo must have made a bundle."

  4. Bundle as a noun (biology):

    A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres.

  5. Bundle as a noun (linguistics, education):

    A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, cluster, or lexical bundle.

    Examples:

    "examples of bundles would include ''"in accordance with"'', ''"the results of"'' and ''"so far"'' "

  6. Bundle as a noun (computing, Mac OS X):

    A directory containing related resources such as source code; application bundle.

  7. Bundle as a noun:

    A quantity of paper equal to 2 reams (1000 sheets).

  8. Bundle as a noun (law):

    A court bundle, the assemblage of documentation prepared for, and referred to during, a court case.

  9. Bundle as a noun (mathematics):

    Topological space composed of a base space and fibers projected to the base space.

  1. Bundle as a verb (transitive):

    To tie or wrap together into a bundle.

  2. Bundle as a verb (transitive):

    To hustle; to dispatch something or someone quickly.

  3. Bundle as a verb (intransitive):

    To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony; used with away, off, out.

  4. Bundle as a verb (transitive):

    To dress someone warmly.

  5. Bundle as a verb (intransitive):

    To dress warmly. Usually bundle up

  6. Bundle as a verb (computing):

    To sell hardware and software as a single product.

  7. Bundle as a verb (intransitive):

    To hurry.

  8. Bundle as a verb (slang):

    to form a pile of people upon a victim.

  9. Bundle as a verb (transitive):

    To hastily or clumsily push, put, carry or otherwise send something into a particular place.

  10. Bundle as a verb (dated, intransitive):

    To sleep on the same bed without undressing.

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