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fumble vs palm

palm vs fumble

fumble and palm both are nouns.

fumble and palm both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fumble Yes No Yes No
palm Yes No Yes No
As verbs, palm is a hypernym of fumble; that is, palm is a word with a broader meaning than fumble:
  • fumble: handle clumsily
  • palm: touch, lift, or hold with the hands
Other hypernyms of fumble include handle.
fumble (noun) palm (noun)
(sports) dropping the ball the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand
fumble (verb) palm (verb)
drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder touch, lift, or hold with the hands
feel about uncertainly or blindly
handle clumsily
make one's way clumsily or blindly
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Difference between fumble and palm

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