What's the difference between lumper and mumper?

Lumper


Definition:

  • (n.) The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen.
  • (n.) One who lumps.
  • (n.) A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Certificates showing the occupation on fisherman (or similar term) or lumper were extracted.
  • (2) The cysteine residues are distributed on six CNBr fragments of the catalytic domain [Vogel and Lumper (1984) Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol.
  • (3) The structural data required to complete the sequences published previously [Vogel, Kaiser, Witt & Lumper (1985) Biol.
  • (4) 1) While it is possible only one type of second-degree AV block exists electrophysiologically, the available data do not justify such a conclusion and it would seem more appropriate to remain a "splitter," and advocate separation and definition of multiple mechanisms, than to be a "lumper," and embrace a unitary concept.
  • (5) There was no indication that the mortality pattern differed significantly between the two groups or from that of the community from which the lumpers and fishermen came.
  • (6) There are two main schools of thought: the "lumpers" do not recognize specific syndromes within the spectrum of mitochondrial "cytopathies", the "splitters" try to identify specific syndromes while recognizing the existence of borderline cases.

Mumper


Definition:

  • (n.) A beggar; a begging impostor.

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