Fender vs. Bumper: What’s the Difference?

• Bumper (noun)

  A drinking vessel filled to the brim.

• Bumper (noun)

  Anything large or successful.

• Bumper (noun)

  Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender

• Bumper (noun)

  Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact

• Bumper (noun)

  Someone or something that bumps.

• Bumper (noun)

  A bouncer.

• Bumper (noun)

  A side wall of a pool table.

• Bumper (noun)

  A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.

• Bumper (noun)

  A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.

• Bumper (noun)

  A woman’s posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable.

• Bumper (noun)

  An extra musician (not notated in the score) who assists the principal French horn by playing less-exposed passages, so that the principal can save their ‘lip’ for difficult solos. Also applied to other sections of the orchestra.

• Bumper (noun)

  An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score.

• Bumper (adjective)

  Large; filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.

  “We harvested a bumper crop of arugula and parsnips this year.”

• Bumper (verb)

  To drink from the vessels called bumpers.

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