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Chipped vs Chopped - What's the difference?

chipped | chopped |

As adjectives the difference between chipped and chopped

is that chipped is having a chip (small piece) or chips missing while chopped is cut or diced into small pieces.

As verbs the difference between chipped and chopped

is that chipped is past tense of chip while chopped is past tense of chop.

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)
  • chopped

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Cut or diced into small pieces.
  • * 2003 , Carla Emery, The Encyclopedia of Country Living , Sasquatch Books. ISBN 9781570613777, page 288:
  • Brown meat with chopped onions, chopped or ground garlic, chopped celery, and chopped bell pepper.
  • (chiefly, of meat) Ground, having been processed by grinding.
  • (automotive, slang) Having a vehicle's height reduced by horizontal trimming of the roofline.
  • * 1958 , Charles Beaumont and William F. Nolan, Omnibus of Speed: An Introduction to the World of Motor Sport , Putnam, page 183:
  • He later bought a '33 Ford coupe, chopped and channeled it and installed a Mercury engine.
  • (slang) High on drugs.
  • (slang) Fired]] from a job or cut from a team or training program; having [[get the chop, got the chop.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (chop)