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Chapped vs Chipped - What's the difference?

chapped | chipped |

As verbs the difference between chapped and chipped

is that chapped is (chap) while chipped is (chip).

As adjectives the difference between chapped and chipped

is that chapped is (of skin) dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface while chipped is having a chip (small piece) or chips missing.

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.

    chipped

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having a chip (small piece) or chips missing
    • a chipped plate
  • (automotive) (no comparative or superlative ) having had the engine management system upgraded, usually to increase power

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (chip)