The difference between Hump and Hunchback

When used as nouns, hump means a mound of earth, whereas hunchback means one who is stooped or hunched over.


Hump is also verb with the meaning: to bend something into a hump.

check bellow for the other definitions of Hump and Hunchback

  1. Hump as a noun:

    A mound of earth.

  2. Hump as a noun:

    A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.

  3. Hump as a noun:

    A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.

  4. Hump as a noun (slang):

    An act of sexual intercourse.

  5. Hump as a noun (British, slang, with definite article):

    A bad mood.

    Examples:

    "get the hump, have the hump, take the hump, give someone the hump"

  6. Hump as a noun (slang):

    A painfully boorish person.

    Examples:

    "That guy is such a hump!"

  7. Hump as a noun:

    A speed hump.

  1. Hump as a verb (transitive):

    To bend something into a hump.

  2. Hump as a verb (transitive, intransitive):

    To carry (something), especially with some exertion.

  3. Hump as a verb (transitive, intransitive):

    To dry-hump.

    Examples:

    "Stop humping the table, you sicko."

  4. Hump as a verb (transitive, intransitive):

    To have sex (with).

  1. Hunchback as a noun:

    One who is stooped or hunched over.

  2. Hunchback as a noun:

    A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back.

  3. Hunchback as a noun (derogatory):

    A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance.

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