lump vs clew

lump and clew both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lump	Yes	No	Yes	No
clew	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, clew is a hyponym of lump; that is, clew is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lump:

Other hyponyms of lump include clot, coagulum, gob.

lump (noun)	clew (noun)
a compact mass	evidence that helps to solve a problem
a large piece of something without definite shape	a ball of yarn or cord or thread
an awkward stupid person
an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

lump (verb)	clew (verb)
group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side	roll into a ball
put together indiscriminately