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In informal terms the difference between bit and champ

is that bit is Specifically, a small amount of time while champ is champagne.

As nouns the difference between bit and champ

is that bit is (metal in horse's mouth) A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to reins to direct the animal while champ is form of champion|lang=en.

As verbs the difference between bit and champ

is that bit is to put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse) while champ is to bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.

As an adverb bit

is to a small extent; in a small amount (usually with "a").

As an adjective bit

is bitten.

As a proper noun Champ is

a large aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which supposedly lives in Lake Champlain, located on the shared borders of the American states of Vermont and New York and the Canadian province of Quebec.

bit

English

(wikipedia bit)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) bita and bite - all from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to reins to direct the animal.
  • A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
  • (dated, British) A coin of a specified value. (Also used for a nine-pence coin in the British Caribbean)
  • (US) An eighth of a dollar. Note that there is no coin minted worth 12.5 cents. (When this term first came into use, the Spanish 8 reales coin was widely used as a dollar equivalent, and thus the 1 real coin was equivalent to 12.5 cents.)
  • (historical, US) In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12½ cents; also, the sum of 12½ cents.
  • A small amount of something.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=15 citation , passage=‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’}}
  • (informal) Specifically , a small amount of time.
  • A portion of something.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything , passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.
  • Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree.
    • Am I bored? Not a bit of it!
  • * T. Hook
    • My young companion was a bit of a poet.
  • (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
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  • (An excerpt of material) An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
  • The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
    • (Knight)
  • The cutting iron of a plane.
    • (Knight)
    Synonyms
    * (coin) coin, piece * (small piece) morsel (of food), piece, scrap * (portion) portion, share, segment * (horse equipment) snaffle, pelham, kimberwicke
    Derived terms
    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    Adverb

    (-)
  • To a small extent; in a small amount (usually with "a").
    • That's a bit too sweet.

    Verb

    (bitt)
  • To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).

    • Etymology 2

    See bite

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bite)
    • Your dog bit me!
  • , bitten
    • I have been bit by your dog!

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (label) bitten.
  • (label) Having been bitten.
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    • Etymology 3

    Coined by (John Tukey) in 1946 as an abbreviation of (binary digit), probably influenced by connotations of “small portion”.[http://www.princeton.edu/pr/news/98/q2/0602-honorary.html][http://www.thocp.net/timeline/1944.htm
  • 1946] First used in print 1948 by (Claude Shannon). Compare (byte) and (nybble).

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
  • (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
  • (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
    • status bits''' on IRC; permission '''bits in a file system
  • (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
  • * {{quote-web, date = 2011-05-17
    • , author = Lisa Grossman , title = Entropy Is Universal Rule of Language , site = Wired Science , url = http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/05/universal-entropy/ , accessdate = 2012-09-26}}
    The researchers found that the original texts spanned a variety of entropy values in different languages, reflecting differences in grammar and structure.
    But strangely, the difference in entropy between the original, ordered text and the randomly scrambled text was constant across languages. This difference is a way to measure the amount of information encoded in word order, Montemurro says. The amount of information lost when they scrambled the text was about 3.5 bits per word.
    Synonyms
    * (smallest unit of storage) b
    Derived terms
    * bit-depth * bitwise * hidden bit * high-order bit * least significant bit * most significant bit * * * * *
    See also
    * ban, nat, qubit

    Statistics

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    Anagrams

    * English irregular simple past forms 1000 English basic words ----

    champ

    English

    Etymology 1

    See champion

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable)
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    uncertain, probably imitative

    Noun

  • (Ireland, uncountable) a meal of mashed potatoes and scallions

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (ambitransitive) to bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.
  • * Hooker
    • They began irefully to champ upon the bit.
  • * Dryden
    • Foamed and champed the golden bit.
  • * 1951 , publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 13, page 166, ¶ 18
    • The man beside him placed a cigar between Mallow’s teeth and lit it. He champed on one of his own and said, “You must be overworked. Maybe you need a long rest.”

    Derived terms

    * champ at the bit * chomp

    Etymology 3

    From (champagne) by shortening.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (informal) champagne
  • * 1990 , Ann Heller, "Prom Nights Often Offer Students Primer On Fine Dining", Dayton Daily News , 6 April 1990:
    • "They're dressed up very elegantly and it's nice they have a glass of champ , even if it's non-alcoholic," Reif says.
  • * 2009 , :
    • We're drinkin' Santana champ , 'cause it's so crisp
  • * 2010 , Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Inheritance , Pan Books (2010), ISBN 9780330513265, unnumbered page:
    • 'Glass of champ ?' she called, skipping into the kitchen.
    English clippings

    Etymology 4

    (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * champe

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) the field or ground on which carving appears in relief

    • References

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