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Chapped vs Champed - What's the difference?

chapped | champed |

As verbs the difference between chapped and champed

is that chapped is past tense of chap while champed is past tense of champ.

As an adjective chapped

is dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface.

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.

    champed

    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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