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Chips vs Nachos - What's the difference?

chips | nachos |

As nouns the difference between chips and nachos

is that chips is (thin-sliced and deep-fried potatoes sold in sealed bags) while nachos is a mexican dish of tortilla chips, sometimes covered in melted cheese or nachos can be .

chips

English

Noun

(head)
    • 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?

    Derived terms

    * cheap as chips * when the chips are down

    nachos

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . Nacho'' is a Mexican diminutive form of Ignacio. The creator of the dish, ''Ignacio Anaya , named it after himself [http://www.oed.com/learning/word-stories/nachos.html].

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • A Mexican dish of tortilla chips, sometimes covered in melted cheese.
  • English plurals
    • Related terms
    * nacho

    Etymology 2

    From Yiddish.

    Noun

    (-)

    • Anagrams

    * (l) English eponyms ----