bunch vs lot

bunch

noun
  • A considerable amount. 

  • A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together. 

  • A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump. 

  • An informal body of friends. 

  • A group of logs tied together for skidding. 

  • An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock. 

  • The reserve yarn on the filling bobbin to allow continuous weaving between the time of indication from the midget feeler until a new bobbin is put in the shuttle. 

  • The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race. 

  • An unmentioned amount; a number. 

  • An unfinished cigar, before the wrapper leaf is added. 

verb
  • To be gathered together in folds 

  • To form a bunch. 

  • To protrude or swell 

  • To gather fabric into folds. 

  • To gather into a bunch. 

lot

noun
  • A large quantity or number; a great deal. 

  • That which happens without human design or forethought. 

  • One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items. 

  • Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will. 

  • A number of people taken collectively. 

  • A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field. 

  • A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively. 

  • A prize in a lottery. 

  • Allotment; lottery. 

  • An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound. 

  • All members of a set; everything. 

  • The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning. 

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