The difference between Chump and Gull

When used as nouns, chump means an incompetent person, a blockhead, whereas gull means a seabird of the genus larus or of the family laridae.


Gull is also verb with the meaning: to deceive or cheat.

check bellow for the other definitions of Chump and Gull

  1. Chump as a noun (colloquial, pejorative):

    An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.

    Examples:

    "That chump wouldn't know his ass from a hole in the ground."

  2. Chump as a noun:

    A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.

    Examples:

    "It shouldn't be hard to put one over on ''that'' chump."

  3. Chump as a noun:

    The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.

  1. Chump as a verb:

  1. Gull as a noun:

    A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae.

  1. Gull as a noun (slang):

    A cheating trick; a fraud.

  2. Gull as a noun:

    One easily cheated; a dupe.

  3. Gull as a noun (obsolete, Oxford University slang):

    A swindler or trickster.

  1. Gull as a verb:

    To deceive or cheat.

  2. Gull as a verb (US, slang):

    To mislead.

  3. Gull as a verb (US, slang):

    To trick and defraud.