Chopped vs Shredded - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between chopped and shredded

is that chopped is cut or diced into small pieces while shredded is cut or torn into narrow pieces.

is that chopped is past tense of chop while shredded is past tense of shred.

(en adjective)

Cut or diced into small pieces.

* 2003 , Carla Emery, The Encyclopedia of Country Living , Sasquatch Books. ISBN 9781570613777, page 288:

Brown meat with chopped onions, chopped or ground garlic, chopped celery, and chopped bell pepper.

(chiefly, of meat) Ground, having been processed by grinding.

(automotive, slang) Having a vehicle's height reduced by horizontal trimming of the roofline.

* 1958 , Charles Beaumont and William F. Nolan, Omnibus of Speed: An Introduction to the World of Motor Sport , Putnam, page 183:

He later bought a '33 Ford coupe, chopped and channeled it and installed a Mercury engine.

(slang) High on drugs.

(slang) Fired]] from a job or cut from a team or training program; having [[get the chop, got the chop.

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(en adjective)

cut or torn into narrow pieces

(bodybuilding): Having extreme muscular definition.