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Chaffed vs Chapped - What's the difference?

chaffed | chapped |

As verbs the difference between chaffed and chapped

is that chaffed is (chaff) while chapped is (chap).

As an adjective chapped is

(of skin) dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface.

chaffed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (chaff)
    • ----

    chaff

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
    • To separate out the chaff , early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let the wind blow away the lighter chaff.
  • * Dryden
    • So take the corn and leave the chaff behind.
  • By extension, any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.
    • There are plenty of good books on the subject, but take care to separate the wheat from the chaff .
  • * Shakespeare
    • the chaff and ruin of the times
  • Loose material dropped from aircraft specifically to interfere with radar detection.
  • Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
  • * Wyatt
    • By adding chaff' to his corn, the horse must take more time to eat it. In this way ' chaff is very useful.
  • Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

    • Derived terms

    * separate the wheat from the chaff

    See also

    * bran

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
  • To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.

    • chapped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (chap)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • (of skin) dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface
  • * 1854 Sir Erasmus Wilson - Healthy skin: a popular treatise on the skin and hair, their preservation and management
    • For chapped' lips, or '''chapped''' nipples, the tincture of catechu, or benjamin, ... / For severely ' chapped hands or face, the oxide of zinc ointment or camphor ...
  • * 1913 ,
    • [...] his nose and his chubby cheeks were chapped and red with cold.