Chip vs. Ship

Chip vs. Ship — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Chip and Ship

Chipnoun

A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

Shipnoun

A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.

Chipnoun

A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.

This cup has a chip in it.

Shipnoun

A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.

Chipnoun

A token used in place of cash.

Shipnoun

A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.

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Chipnoun

A sovereign the coin.

Shipnoun

A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.

Chipnoun

(electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.

Shipnoun

(cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.

Chipnoun

(electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.

Shipnoun

(fandom) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional.

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Chipnoun

A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section; a french fry.

Do you want sauce or mayonnaise on your chips?

Shipverb

(transitive) To send by water-borne transport.

Chipnoun

A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes another vegetable.

they made their own potato chips from scratch, he ate a tortilla chip, served with a side of apple chips

Shipverb

(transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).

to ship freight by railroad

Chipnoun

(sports) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.

Shipverb

(ambitransitive) To release a product to vendors; to launch.

Our next issue ships early next year.The developers had to ship the game two weeks late.

Chipnoun

(curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.

Shipverb

(ambitransitive) To engage to serve on board a vessel.

to ship seamenI shipped on a man-of-war.

Chipnoun

A dried piece of dung used as fuel.

Shipverb

(intransitive) To embark on a ship.

Chipnoun

A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.

Shipverb

To put in its place.

to ship the tiller or rudder

Chipnoun

(gastronomy) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.

chocolate chip

Shipverb

(transitive) To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.

We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.

Chipnoun

A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.

Shipverb

(transitive) To pass (from one person to another).

Can you ship me the ketchup?

Chipnoun

(nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.

Shipverb

To go all in.

Chipnoun

(historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.

Shipverb

(sports) To trade or send a player to another team.

Twins ship Delmon Young to Tigers.

Chipnoun

Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.

Shipverb

(rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.

Chipnoun

(golf) A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.

Shipverb

(fandom) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, typically in fan fiction.

I ship Kirk and Spock in “Star Trek”.I ship Peggy and Angie in “Marvel's Agent Carter”.

Chipverb

(transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.

The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.

Shipnoun

a vessel that carries passengers or freight

Chipverb

(transitive) To break small pieces from.

Be careful not to chip the paint.

Shipverb

transport commercially

Chipverb

To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards.

Shipverb

hire for work on a ship

Chipverb

In association football, specifically, to play a shot on goal by kicking the ball in an arc, over the goalkeeper's reach. (Such shots are often played in a mostly horizontal direction, particularly when taken from distance). In this usage, the opposing goalkeeper is often the direct object of the verb.

Shipverb

go on board

Chipverb

to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.

Shipverb

travel by ship

Chipverb

(intransitive) To become chipped.

This varnish chips easily.

Shipverb

place on board a ship;

ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel

Chipverb

To ante (up).

Chipverb

To fit (an animal) with a microchip.

Chipverb

to contribute.

Everyone needs to chip in £1 for George's leaving collection

Chipverb

(also, to chip at) to make fun of

Chipnoun

a small fragment of something broken off from the whole;

a bit of rock caught him in the eye

Chipnoun

a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line

Chipnoun

a piece of dried bovine dung

Chipnoun

a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

Chipnoun

a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something

Chipnoun

a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling

Chipnoun

electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit

Chipnoun

a low running approach shot

Chipnoun

the act of chipping something

Chipverb

break off (a piece from a whole);

Her tooth chipped

Chipverb

cut a nick into

Chipverb

play a chip shot

Chipverb

form by chipping;

They chipped their names in the stone

Chipverb

break a small piece off from;

chip the glasschip a tooth