The difference between Bundle and Quire

When used as nouns, bundle means a group of objects held together by wrapping or tying, whereas quire means one-twentieth of a ream of paper.

When used as verbs, bundle means to tie or wrap together into a bundle, whereas quire means to prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bundle and Quire

  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.

  1. Quire as a noun:

    One-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold.

  2. Quire as a noun (bookbinding):

    A set of leaves which are stitched together, originally a set of four pieces of paper (eight leaves, sixteen pages). This is most often a single signature (i.e. group of four), but may be several nested signatures.

  3. Quire as a noun:

    A book, poem, or pamphlet.

  1. Quire as a verb (bookbinding):

    To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.

  1. Quire as a noun (archaic):

    A choir.

  2. Quire as a noun:

    One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse.

  1. Quire as a verb (intransitive):

    To sing in concert.

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