lump vs piece

lump and piece both are nouns.

lump and piece both are verbs.

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

As nouns, piece is a hypernym of lump; that is, piece is a word with a broader meaning than lump:

lump: a large piece of something without definite shape
piece: a portion of a natural object

Other hypernyms of lump include part.

lump (noun)	piece (noun)
a compact mass	a separate part of a whole
a large piece of something without definite shape	game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
an awkward stupid person	a portable gun
an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement	a work of art of some artistic value
	an item that is an instance of some type
	a distance
	a musical work that has been created
	an artistic or literary composition
	an instance of some kind
	a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
	a portion of a natural object
	a share of something
	a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

lump (verb)	piece (verb)
group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side	repair by adding pieces
put together indiscriminately	eat intermittently; take small bites of
	join during spinning
	to join or unite the pieces of
	create by putting components or members together

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