Chap vs. Guy
Difference Between Chap and Guy
Chapnoun
A man, a fellow.
Who’s that chap over there?Guynoun
(British) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
Chapnoun
A customer, a buyer.
Guynoun
(dated) A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright".
Chapnoun
(Southern US) A child.
Guynoun
(colloquial) A man, fellow.
Chapnoun
A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
Guynoun
A person see usage notes.
Chapnoun
(obsolete) A division; a breach, as in a party.
Guynoun
Thing, creature.
The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy.Chapnoun
(Scotland) A blow; a rap.
Guynoun
Thing, unit.
This guy, here, controls the current, and this guy, here, measures the voltage.This guy is the partial derivative of that guy with respect to x.Chapnoun
The jaw.
Guynoun
Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man.
Hey, guy, give a man a break, would ya?Chapnoun
One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.
Guynoun
A guide; a leader or conductor.
Chapverb
(intransitive) Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
Guynoun
A support rope or cable used to guide, steady or secure something which is being hoisted or lowered.
Chapverb
(transitive) To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
Guynoun
A support to secure or steady something prone to shift its position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension-bridge).
Chapverb
To strike, knock.
Guyverb
(intransitive) To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
Chapnoun
a boy or man;
that chap is your hostthere's a fellow at the doorhe's a likable cussGuyverb
(transitive) To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
Chapnoun
a long narrow depression in a surface
Guyverb
To play in a comedic manner.
Chapnoun
a crack in a lip caused usually by cold
Guyverb
To equip with a support cable.
Chapnoun
(usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs
Guynoun
an informal term for a youth or man;
a nice guythe guy's only doing it for some dollChapverb
crack due to dehydration;
My lips chap in this dry weatherGuynoun
an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
Guynoun
a rope or cable that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
Guyverb
subject to laughter or ridicule;
The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera houseThe students poked fun at the inexperienced teacherHis former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthdayGuyverb
steady or support with with a guy wire or cable;
The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing
