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bunk vs humbug

humbug vs bunk

bunk and humbug both are nouns.

bunk and humbug both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bunk Yes No Yes No
humbug Yes No Yes No
As nouns, humbug is a hyponym of bunk; that is, humbug is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bunk:
  • bunk: a message that seems to convey no meaning
  • humbug: pretentious or silly talk or writing
Other hyponyms of bunk include absurdity, absurdness, ridiculousness, amphigory, nonsense verse, balderdash, fiddle-faddle, piffle, buzzword, cant, cobblers, crock, fa la, fal la, gibber, gibberish, incoherence, incoherency, unintelligibility, jabberwocky, flummery, mummery, empty talk, empty words, hot air, palaver, rhetoric, rigamarole, rigmarole, schmegegge, shmegegge, hooey, poppycock, stuff, stuff and nonsense, baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle.
bunk (noun) humbug (noun)
a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
a rough bed (as at a campsite) pretentious or silly talk or writing
beds built one above the other communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
a long trough for feeding cattle
unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
a message that seems to convey no meaning
bunk (verb) humbug (verb)
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run trick or deceive
provide with a bunk
avoid paying
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