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Camps vs Champs - What's the difference?

camps | champs |

As a proper noun camps

is .

As a verb champs is

(champ).

camps

English

Noun

(head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (camp)
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    champs

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (champ)
  • ----

    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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