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Chopped vs Chopping - What's the difference?

chopped | chopping |

As adjectives the difference between chopped and chopping

is that chopped is cut or diced into small pieces while chopping is shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other.

As verbs the difference between chopped and chopping

is that chopped is (chop) while chopping is .

As a noun chopping is

the action by which something is chopped.

chopped

English

Adjective

(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.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (chop)

    • chopping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action by which something is chopped.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other.
    • a chopping sea
  • (obsolete) stout; large; plump
  • * Elijah Fenton
    • Yet some prolific planet smil'd, / And gave the pair a chopping child