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Peeling vs Chipping - What's the difference?

peeling | chipping |

As nouns the difference between peeling and chipping

is that peeling is the act of removing the outer surface in strips while chipping is a fragment broken off of a larger material.

As verbs the difference between peeling and chipping

is that peeling is present participle of lang=en while chipping is present participle of lang=en.

peeling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of removing the outer surface in strips.
    • Peeling a hard-boiled egg takes practice.
  • Strips of an outer rind or surface that has been removed.
    • She flavored the broth with vegetable peelings .

    Verb

    (head)

    • chipping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fragment broken off of a larger material
  • The act of breaking something into small fragments, or of removing fragments from pottery etc.