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Wafer vs Chips - What's the difference?

wafer | chips |

As nouns the difference between wafer and chips

is that wafer is wafer while chips is (thin-sliced and deep-fried potatoes sold in sealed bags).

wafer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A light, thin, flat biscuit.
  • (religion) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
  • A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.
  • * 1749 , (Henry Fielding), Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 202:
    • The house supplied him with a wafer for his present purpose, with which, having sealed his letter, he returned hastily towards the brook side, in order to search for the things which he had there lost.
  • (electronics) A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.

    • Derived terms

    * waferless * waferlike * wafery

    Synonyms

    * (religion) host

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To seal or close with a wafer.
    • ----

    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