Chips vs Fries - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between chips and fries

is that chips is while fries is .

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Wow, look at the chips on that motherboard!

(British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) french fried potatoes; french fries.

(US, Canada, South Africa) Thin-sliced and deep-fried potatoes sold in sealed bags; potato chips, nacho chips, etc.

What kind of chips should we get, barbecue or sour cream and onion?

* cheap as chips * when the chips are down

french fries

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