The difference between Bunch and Circle

When used as nouns, bunch means a group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together, whereas circle means a two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).

When used as verbs, bunch means to gather into a bunch, whereas circle means to travel around along a curved path.


check bellow for the other definitions of Bunch and Circle

  1. Bunch as a noun:

    A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.

    Examples:

    "a bunch of grapes;  a bunch of bananas;  a bunch of keys;  nowrap a bunch of yobs on a street corner"

  2. Bunch as a noun (cycling):

    The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.

  3. Bunch as a noun:

    An informal body of friends.

    Examples:

    "He still hangs out with the same bunch."

  4. Bunch as a noun (US, informal):

    A considerable amount.

    Examples:

    "a bunch of trouble"

  5. Bunch as a noun (informal):

    An unmentioned amount; a number.

    Examples:

    "A bunch of them went down to the field."

  6. Bunch as a noun (forestry):

    A group of logs tied together for skidding.

  7. Bunch as a noun (geology, mining):

    An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Page"

  8. Bunch as a noun (textiles):

    The reserve yarn on the filling bobbin to allow continuous weaving between the time of indication from the midget feeler until a new bobbin is put in the shuttle.

  9. Bunch as a noun:

    An unfinished cigar, before the wrapper leaf is added.

    Examples:

    "Two to four filler leaves are laid end to end and rolled into the two halves of the binder leaves, making up what is called the bunch."

  10. Bunch as a noun:

    A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.

  1. Bunch as a verb (transitive):

    To gather into a bunch.

  2. Bunch as a verb (transitive):

    To gather fabric into folds.

  3. Bunch as a verb (intransitive):

    To form a bunch.

  4. Bunch as a verb (intransitive):

    To be gathered together in folds

  5. Bunch as a verb (intransitive):

    To protrude or swell

  1. Circle as a noun (geometry):

    A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).

    Examples:

    "synonyms: coiq1=not in mathematical use ring q2=not in mathematical use loop q3=not in mathematical use"

    "The set of all points (x, y) such that (x-1)<sup>2</sup>&thinsp;+&thinsp;y<sup>2</sup> &equals; r<sup>2</sup> is a circle of radius r around the point (1, 0)."

  2. Circle as a noun:

    A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: disc disk q2=in mathematical and general use round q3=not in mathematical use; UK & Commonwealth only"

  3. Circle as a noun:

    Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.

    Examples:

    "Put on your dunce-cap and sit down on that circle."

  4. Circle as a noun:

    A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: arc curve"

    "move in a circle'"

  5. Circle as a noun:

    Orbit.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: orbit"

  6. Circle as a noun:

    A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: bunch gang group"

    "inner circle'"

    "'circle of friends"

    "literary circle'"

  7. Circle as a noun (cricket):

    A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight lines parallel to the pitch used to enforce field restrictions in a one-day match.

  8. Circle as a noun (Wicca):

    A ritual circle that is cast three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the air with a wand or literally with stones or other items used for worship.

  9. Circle as a noun (South Africa):

    A traffic circle or roundabout.

  10. Circle as a noun (obsolete):

    Compass; circuit; enclosure.

  11. Circle as a noun (astronomy):

    An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a meridian or transit circle; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a repeating circle.

  12. Circle as a noun:

    A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.

  13. Circle as a noun (logic):

    A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.

  14. Circle as a noun:

    Indirect form of words; circumlocution.

  15. Circle as a noun:

    A territorial division or district.

    Examples:

    "The ten Circles of the Holy Roman Empire were those principalities or provinces which had seats in the German Diet."

  16. Circle as a noun (in the plural):

    A bagginess of the skin below the eyes from lack of sleep.

    Examples:

    "After working all night, she had circles under her eyes."

  1. Circle as a verb (transitive):

    To travel around along a curved path.

  2. Circle as a verb (transitive):

    To surround.

  3. Circle as a verb (transitive):

    To place or mark a circle around.

    Examples:

    "Circle the jobs that you are interested in applying for."

  4. Circle as a verb (intransitive):

    To travel in circles.

    Examples:

    "Vultures circled overhead."