Chop vs. Chip
Difference Between Chop and Chip
Chopnoun
A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
I only like lamb chops with mint jelly.Chipnoun
A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
Chopnoun
A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.
It should take just one good chop to fell the sapling.Chipnoun
A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
This cup has a chip in it.Chopnoun
(martial arts) A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
A karate chop.Chipnoun
A token used in place of cash.
Chopnoun
Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
Chipnoun
A sovereign the coin.
Chopnoun
(poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
With both players having an ace-high straight, the pot was a chop.Chipnoun
(electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.
Chopnoun
Termination, especially from employment.
Chipnoun
(electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.
Chopnoun
(dated) A crack or cleft; a chap.
Chipnoun
A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section; a french fry.
Do you want sauce or mayonnaise on your chips?Chopnoun
A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.
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 chipsChopnoun
A jaw of an animal.
Chipnoun
(sports) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
Chopnoun
A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
Chipnoun
(curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
Chopnoun
The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
East Chop; West ChopChipnoun
A dried piece of dung used as fuel.
Chopnoun
An official stamp or seal, as in China and India.
Chipnoun
A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
Chopnoun
A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
silk of the first chopChipnoun
(gastronomy) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
chocolate chipChopnoun
A license or passport that has been sealed.
Chipnoun
A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
Chopnoun
(internet) An IRC channel operator.
Chipnoun
(nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
Chopverb
(transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
chop wood; chop an onionChipnoun
(historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
Chopverb
(transitive) To sever with an axe or similar implement.
Chop off his head.Chipnoun
Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.
Chopverb
(transitive) to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
Chipnoun
(golf) A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.
Chopverb
To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
Chipverb
(transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.
The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.Chopverb
(poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players. en
Chipverb
(transitive) To break small pieces from.
Be careful not to chip the paint.Chopverb
(intransitive) To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
Chipverb
To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards.
Chopverb
(intransitive) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
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.
Chopverb
(intransitive) To interrupt; with in or out.
Chipverb
to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
Chopverb
To remove the final character from (a text string).
Chipverb
(intransitive) To become chipped.
This varnish chips easily.Chopverb
(obsolete) To exchange, to barter; to swap.
Chipverb
To ante (up).
Chopverb
To chap or crack.
Chipverb
To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
Chopverb
(nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.
The wind chops about.Chipverb
to contribute.
Everyone needs to chip in £1 for George's leaving collectionChopverb
To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
Chipverb
(also, to chip at) to make fun of
Chopnoun
a small cut of meat including part of a rib
Chipnoun
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole;
a bit of rock caught him in the eyeChopnoun
a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball
Chipnoun
a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
Chopnoun
a grounder that bounces high in the air
Chipnoun
a piece of dried bovine dung
Chopverb
cut into pieces;
Chop woodchop meatChipnoun
a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
Chopverb
move suddenly
Chipnoun
a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
Chopverb
strike sharply, as in some sports
Chipnoun
a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
Chopverb
cut with a hacking tool
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
Chopverb
hit sharply
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
