Chit vs. Chip
Difference Between Chit and Chip
Chitnoun
A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
Chipnoun
A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
Chitnoun
A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.
Chipnoun
A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
This cup has a chip in it.Chitnoun
The embryonic growing bud of a plant
the chits of Indian corn or of potatoesChipnoun
A token used in place of cash.
Chitnoun
(obsolete) An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.
Chipnoun
A sovereign the coin.
Chitnoun
A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.
Chipnoun
(electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.
Chitnoun
A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system; scrip.
Chipnoun
(electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.
Chitnoun
(pharmacology) A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip.
Chipnoun
A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section; a french fry.
Do you want sauce or mayonnaise on your chips?Chitnoun
(gaming) A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization.
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 chipsChitnoun
A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
Chipnoun
(sports) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
Chitnoun
A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.
Chipnoun
(curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
Chitnoun
A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.
Chipnoun
A dried piece of dung used as fuel.
Chitnoun
shit.
Chipnoun
A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
Chitverb
To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
Chipnoun
(gastronomy) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
chocolate chipChitverb
To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination.
Chipnoun
A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
Chitverb
To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.
Chipnoun
(nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
Chitinterjection
shit.
Chipnoun
(historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
Chitnoun
the bill in a restaurant;
he asked the waiter for the checkChipnoun
Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.
Chipnoun
(golf) A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.
Chipverb
(transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.
The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.Chipverb
(transitive) To break small pieces from.
Be careful not to chip the paint.Chipverb
To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards.
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.
Chipverb
to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
Chipverb
(intransitive) To become chipped.
This varnish chips easily.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 collectionChipverb
(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 eyeChipnoun
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 chippedChipverb
cut a nick into
Chipverb
play a chip shot
Chipverb
form by chipping;
They chipped their names in the stoneChipverb
break a small piece off from;
chip the glasschip a tooth
