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Scuff vs Chipping - What's the difference?

scuff | chipping |

As verbs the difference between scuff and chipping

is that scuff is to mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball while chipping is .

As nouns the difference between scuff and chipping

is that scuff is the back part of the neck; the scruff while chipping is a fragment broken off of a larger material.

As an adjective scuff

is caused by scraping, usually with one's feet.

scuff

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Caused by scraping, usually with one's feet.
    • Someone left scuff marks in the sand.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 2 , author= , title=Wales 2-1 Montenegro , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The Montenegro captain was finding space at will and followed up with a speculative shot that he scuffed wide, after Wales were slow in closing down the Juventus striker.}}
  • To scrape the feet while walking.
  • To hit lightly, to brush against.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 29 , author=Keith Jackson , title=SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0 , work=Daily Record citation , page= , passage=Wallace threw himself at it to connect with a flying header. He looked a certain scorer but his effort scuffed the inside of Fraser Forster’s post.}}

    Derived terms

    * scuff mark

    Related terms

    * scuffle

    See also

    * scoff * scruff

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The back part of the neck; the scruff.

    • Anagrams

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    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.