Chop vs Peel - What's the difference?
chop | peel |
A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
*1957 , :
*:I was standing at the meat counter, waiting for some rib lamb chops to be cut.
A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.
(martial arts) A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
(poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
Termination, especially from employment.
(dated) A crack or cleft; a chap.
To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
To sever with an axe or similar implement.
(baseball) To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
(poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.
To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
* L'Estrange
To interrupt; with in'' or ''out .
* Latimer
(obsolete) To exchange, to barter; to swap.
* 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
* L'Estrange
To chap or crack.
(nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.
To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
* Francis Bacon
(mostly, in the plural) A jaw of an animal.
A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
A change; a vicissitude.
An official stamp or seal.
Mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
(internet) An IRC channel operator.
* 1996 , Peter Ludlow, High Noon on the Electronic Frontier (page 404)
To remove the skin or outer covering of.
* Shakespeare
To remove from the outer or top layer of.
To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
To remove one's clothing.
To move, separate (off or away)
The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
The action of peeling away from a formation.
(label) cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or exfoliate.
(obsolete) A stake.
(obsolete) A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
(archaic) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
(archaic, US) The blade of an oar.
(Scotland, and, curling) An equal or match; a draw.
(curling) A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
: to sound loudly.
* 1825 June 25, "My Village Bells", in The Circulator of Useful Knowledge, Literature, Amusement, and General Information'' number XXVI, available in, 1825, ''The Circulator of Useful Amusement, Literature, Science, and General Information , page 401,
* 1901 January 1, "Twentieth Century's Triumphant Entry", , page 1,
* 2006 , Miles Richardson, Being-In-Christ and Putting Death in Its Place , , ISBN 0807132047, pages 230–231,
(archaic) To plunder; to pillage, rob.
* Milton
As a noun chop
is garbage, trash can.As a proper noun peel is
a town on the isle of man.chop
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) choppen, variant of (only attested in compounds). More at (l).Noun
(en noun)Quotations
* (English Citations of "chop")Synonyms
* axe, pink slip, sackVerb
- chop wood
- chop an onion
- Chop off his head.
- Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance.
- This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in.
Derived terms
* chop chop * chopper * chopping board * chop logic * chops * chopstick * choppy * karate chop * try out one's own chopsEtymology 2
Of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of (chap).Verb
- this is not to put down Prelaty, this is but to chop an Episcopacy; this is but to translate the Palace Metropolitan'' from one kind of dominion into another, this is but an old canonicall sleight of ''commuting our penance.
- We go on chopping and changing our friends.
- The wind chops about.
- Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge.
Noun
(en noun)- East Chop'''; West '''Chop
- (Marryat)
Etymology 3
(etyl)Noun
(en noun)- silk of the first chop
Derived terms
* chop dollar * chop of tea * grand chopEtymology 4
Shortening.Noun
(en noun)- IRC supports mechanisms for the enforcement of acceptable behaviour on IRC. Channel operators — "chanops" or "chops " — have access to the /kick command, which throws a specified user out of the given channel.
Synonyms
* chanop * op ----peel
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
- The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
- I peeled (the skin from) an orange and ate it hungrily.
- We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.
- I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel .
- The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.
- The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.
Synonyms
* (remove outer covering) skin, strip * (remove clothing) disrobe, stripDerived terms
* peel off * peel out * keep one's eyes peeled (i.e. with eyelids open) * peelerNoun
Synonyms
* (skin of a fruit) rind, zestDerived terms
* orange peel * peel strengthEtymology 2
(etyl) and (etyl) pel (compare modern French pieu), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* peel-house, peelhouse * peel-towerEtymology 3
From (etyl) pele (compare modern (pelle)), from (etyl) pala, from the base of .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 4
Origin unknown.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 5
Named from Walter H. Peel, a noted 19th-century croquet player.Etymology 6
Misspelling of peal.Verb
(en verb)- Oh ! still for me let merry bells peel out their holy chime;
- The lights flashed, the crowds sang,... bells peeled , bombs thundered,... and the new Century made its triumphant entry.
- As the tiny Virgin... approaches one of the barrio churches, bells peel vigorously, a brass band launches into a fast-paced tune, and large rockets zoom... .
Etymology 7
(etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- But govern ill the nations under yoke, / Peeling their provinces.
