Hulk vs. Bulk

Hulk vs. Bulk — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Hulk and Bulk

Hulknoun

A heavy, unwieldy ship.

Bulknoun

Size, mass, or volume, especially when very large.

Hulknoun

The hull of an old, unseaworthy, or wrecked ship.

Bulknoun

A distinct mass or portion of matter, especially a large one

the dark bulk of buildings against the sky.

Hulknoun

often hulks An old or unseaworthy ship used as a prison or warehouse.

Bulknoun

The body of a human, especially when large or muscular.

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Hulknoun

One, such as a person or object, that is bulky, clumsy, or unwieldy.

Bulknoun

The major portion or greater part

"The great bulk of necessary work can never be anything but painful" (Bertrand Russell).

Hulknoun

A wrecked or abandoned shell of a usually large object, such as a building or vehicle.

Bulknoun

See fiber.

Hulkverb

To appear as a massive or towering form; loom

The big truck hulked out of the fog.

Bulknoun

Thickness of paper or cardboard in relation to weight.

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Hulkverb

To move clumsily.

Bulknoun

A ship's cargo.

Hulkverb

To remove the entrails of; to disembowel.

to hulk a hare

Bulkverb

To be or appear to be massive in terms of size, volume, or importance; loom

Safety considerations bulked large during development of the new spacecraft.

Hulknoun

a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

Bulkverb

To grow or increase in size or importance.

Hulknoun

a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned

Bulkverb

To cohere or form a mass

Certain paper bulks well.

Hulkverb

appear very large or occupy a commanding position;

The huge sculpture predominates over the fountainLarge shadows loomed on the canyon wall

Bulkverb

To cause to swell or expand.

Bulkverb

To cause to cohere or form a mass.

Bulkadjective

Being large in mass, quantity, or volume

a bulk buy.a bulk mailing.

Bulknoun

Size, specifically, volume.

Bulknoun

Any huge body or structure.

Bulknoun

The major part of something.

Bulknoun

The result of water retained by fibre.

Bulknoun

Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain.

Bulknoun

(countable) a cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo.

Bulknoun

(bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially muscle.

Bulknoun

(bodybuilding) A period where one tries to gain muscle.

Bulknoun

(brane cosmology) A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist.

Bulknoun

(obsolete) The body.

Bulkadjective

being large in size, mass or volume (of goods, etc.)

Bulkadjective

total

Bulkverb

(intransitive) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent.

Bulkverb

(intransitive) To grow in size; to swell or expand.

Bulkverb

(intransitive) To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc.

Bulkverb

(transitive) To put or hold in bulk.

Bulknoun

the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part;

the majority of his customers prefer itthe bulk of the work is finished

Bulknoun

the property of something that is great in magnitude;

it is cheaper to buy it in bulkhe received a mass of correspondencethe volume of exports

Bulknoun

the property possessed by a large mass

Bulkverb

stick out or up;

The parcel bulked in the sack

Bulkverb

cause to bulge or swell outwards