Drip vs. Trip

Drip vs. Trip — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Drip and Trip

Dripverb

(intransitive) To fall one drop at a time.

Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!

Tripnoun

a journey; an excursion or jaunt

We made a trip to the beach.

Dripverb

(intransitive) To leak slowly.

Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor?

Tripnoun

a stumble or misstep

He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.

Dripverb

(transitive) To let fall in drops.

After putting oil on the side of the salad, the chef should drip a little vinegar in the oil.My broken pen dripped ink onto the table.

Tripnoun

(figurative) an error; a failure; a mistake

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Dripverb

To have a superabundance of valuable things.

The Old Hall simply drips with masterpieces of the Flemish painters.The duchess was dripping with jewels.

Tripnoun

a period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations

He had a strange trip after taking LSD.

Dripverb

To rain lightly.

The weather isn't so bad. I mean, it's dripping, but you're not going to get so wet.

Tripnoun

a faux pas, a social error

Dripverb

(intransitive) To be wet, to be soaked.

Tripnoun

intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition

ego trip;power trip;nostalgia trip;guilt trip
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Dripverb

To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.

Tripnoun

(engineering) a mechanical cutout device

Dripnoun

A drop of a liquid.

I put a drip of vanilla extract in my hot cocoa.

Tripnoun

(electricity) a trip-switch or cut-out

It's dark because the trip operated.

Dripnoun

A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.

Tripnoun

a quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip

Dripnoun

(medicine) An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.

He's not doing so well. The doctors have put him on a drip.

Tripnoun

(obsolete) a small piece; a morsel; a bit

Dripnoun

(colloquial) A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.

He couldn't even summon up the courage to ask her name... what a drip!

Tripnoun

the act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing

Dripnoun

(architecture) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.

Tripnoun

(nautical) a single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward

Dripnoun

(finance) A dividend reinvestment program; a type of financial investing.

Tripnoun

a herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.

Dripnoun

flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid;

there's a drip through the roof

Tripnoun

(obsolete) a troop of men; a host

Dripnoun

the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop;

the constant sound of dripping irritated him

Tripnoun

a flock of wigeons

Dripnoun

(architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)

Tripverb

(intransitive) to fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot

Be careful not to trip on the tree roots.

Dripverb

fall in drops;

Water is dripping from the faucet

Tripverb

to cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them

A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.

Dripverb

let or cause to fall in drops;

dribble oil into the mixture

Tripverb

(intransitive) to be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc

Tripverb

to detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict

Tripverb

(transitive) to activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch

When we get into the factory, trip the lights.

Tripverb

(intransitive) to be activated, as by a signal or an event

The alarm system tripped, throwing everyone into a panic.

Tripverb

(intransitive) to experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs

After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.

Tripverb

(intransitive) to journey, to make a trip

Last summer we tripped to the coast.

Tripverb

to move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip

Tripverb

(nautical) to raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free

Tripverb

(nautical) to pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it

Tripverb

to become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption

Tripadjective

(poker slang) of or relating to trips

Tripnoun

a journey for some purpose (usually including the return);

he took a trip to the shopping center

Tripnoun

a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs;

an acid trip

Tripnoun

an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall;

he blamed his slip on the icethe jolt caused many slips and a few spills

Tripnoun

an exciting or stimulting experience

Tripnoun

a catch mechanism that acts as a switch;

the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water

Tripnoun

a light or nimble tread;

he heard the trip of women's feet overhead

Tripnoun

an unintentional but embarrassing blunder;

he recited the whole poem without a single triphe arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up laterconfusion caused his unfortunate misstep

Tripverb

miss a step and fall or nearly fall;

She stumbled over the tree root

Tripverb

cause to stumble;

The questions on the test tripped him up

Tripverb

make a trip for pleasure

Tripverb

put in motion or move to act;

trigger a reactionactuate the circuits

Tripverb

get high, stoned, or drugged;

He trips every weekend