Recommendation vs. Tip: What's the Difference?

The act of recommending.

The end of a pointed or projecting object.

Something that recommends, especially a favorable statement concerning character or qualifications.

A piece or an attachment, such as a cap or ferrule, meant to be fitted to the end of something else

Something, such as a course of action, that is recommended.

The act of tipping.

An act of recommending.

A tilt or slant; an incline.

That which is recommended.

Chiefly British An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish.

A commendation or endorsement.

A light blow; a tap.

The act of recommending.

(Baseball) A pitched ball that is tipped

That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations.

A small sum of money given to someone for performing a service; a gratuity.

The state of being recommended; esteem.

A piece of confidential, advance, or inside information

Something (as a course of action) that is recommeended as advisable

A helpful hint

Something that recommends (or expresses commendation) of a person or thing as worthy or desirable

To furnish with a tip.

Any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission;

To cover or decorate the tip of

To remove the tip of

To dye the ends of (hair or fur) in order to blend or improve appearance.

To push or knock over; overturn or topple

To move to a slanting position; tilt

To touch or raise (one's hat) in greeting.

To empty (something) by overturning; dump.

To dump (rubbish, for example).

To topple over; overturn

To be tilted; slant

To strike gently; tap.

(Baseball) To hit (a pitched ball) with the side of the bat so that it glances off.

(Sports) To tap or deflect (a ball or puck, for example), especially in scoring.

(Sports) To deflect or glance off. Used of a ball or puck.

Lower Southern US To tiptoe.

To give a tip to

To give as a tip

To provide with a piece of confidential, advance, or inside information

To give tips or a tip

The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.

A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.

(music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.

A small piece of meat.

A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

Synonym of eartip

The knocking over of a skittle.

An act of tipping up or tilting.

An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.

Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

A recycling centre.

(colloquial) A very untidy place.

The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips

A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.

A light blow or tap.

A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation.

A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.

A piece of advice.

(AU) A prediction or bet about the outcome of something.

(transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.

(ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.

(ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.

To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.

To drink.

(transitive) To dump (refuse).

To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.

(transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.

To hit quickly and lightly; to tap.

To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.

To give, pass.

To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.

(AU) To predict or bet on something having a particular outcome.

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.

A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

A light touch or blow; a tap.

A gift; a douceur; a fee.

A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.

To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.

To strike slightly; to tap.

To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.

To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.

To fall on, or incline to, one side.

The extreme end of something; especially something pointed

A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)

An indication of potential opportunity;

A V shape;

The top point of a mountain or hill;

Cause to tilt;

Mark with a tip;

Give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the agreed-on compensation;

Cause to topple or tumble by pushing

To incline or bend from a vertical position;

Walk on one's toes

Strike lightly;

Give insider information or advise to;

Remove the tip from;