bent over and leaned over

[amandeep_singh88]

what is the difference between bent over and leaned over?

 

[emsr2d2]

What is the difference between "bent over" and "leaned over"?

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What definitions have you found in various dictionaries?

 

[amandeep_singh88]

Welcome to the forum.

Note my corrections to your post in red.

What definitions have you found in various dictionaries?

The website The Free Dictionary says that the definition of "bend over" is "to bend down at the waist" and the definition of "lean over" is "to bend over".

Do "bend over" and "lean over" mean the same?

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

Hello.

I'm not a teacher nor a native speaker.
According to your message I think they mean the same thing.

Boris.

 

[MikeNewYork]

what is the difference between bent over and leaned over?

The difference would be in the extent of the change in posture from vertical. To bend over would refer to a greater change than to lean over.

 

[Rover_KE]

I agree with Mike. Additionally, you bend over to pat a dog and lean over a fence to see what's on the other side.

 

[amandeep_singh88]

The difference would be in the extent of the change in posture from vertical. To bend over would refer to a greater change than to lean over.

Thank you Mike.

 

[amandeep_singh88]

I agree with Mike. Additionally, you bend over to pat a dog and lean over a fence to see what's on the other side.

Thank you Rover.

 

[Rover_KE]

Your appreciation is welcome but there is no need to write new posts to say thank you or to quote our replies back to us. Simply click the Like button on any posts you find helpful. It means that we don't have to open the thread again to read your new post and then find that it doesn't include any new information or an additional question.​

 

[Matthew Wai]

Then what is the extent of movement of "hunch over"?

 

[amandeep_singh88]

Then what is the extent of movement of "hunch over"?

Yes, I am wondering that too.

 

[Rover_KE]

This figure is hunched over the computer:

 

[Matthew Wai]

"I hunch to touch my toes."
Is it correct?

 

[MikeNewYork]

"I hunch to touch my toes."
Is it correct?

To touch one's toes, one normally bends.