Chic vs Hip - What's the difference?
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stylish; elegant
(anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
(chiefly, sports) To use one's hips to bump into someone.
To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock ).
To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.
To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
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(slang) aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy
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(slang) To inform, to make knowledgeable.
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As adjectives the difference between chic and hip
is that chic is stylish; elegant while hip is aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy.As nouns the difference between chic and hip
is that chic is good form; style while hip is the outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.As a verb hip is
to use one's hips to bump into someone.chic
English
Adjective
(en-adj)Derived terms
* ecochicUsage notes
* The noun chic is very often used with an attributive noun or adjective modifier, indicating the kind of style; hence "heroin chic", "boho-chic", "shabby chic", and so on.Derived terms
* (List of chics)See also
* ("chic" on Wikipedia) ----hip
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- (Waddell)
Derived terms
* hipbone * hip joint * hip replacement * hip roof * shoot from the hipVerb
(hipp)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) ).Derived terms
* rosehipEtymology 3
Probably a variant of . Maybe from (etyl) {{reference-book , first=Clarence , last=Major , year=1994 , title=Juba to jive: a dictionary of African-American slang , page = 234 , pageurl = http://books.google.fr/books?hl=fr&id=4LNZAAAAMAAJ&q=wolofAdjective
(hipper)- Rudolph promoted Stevens Pass with restless zeal. In seven years there, he helped turn a relatively small, roadside ski area into a hip destination.
Synonyms
* cool, groovyVerb
(hipp)- The guy hips himself to so many things.