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Chopping vs Paring - What's the difference?

chopping | paring |

As nouns the difference between chopping and paring

is that chopping is the action by which something is chopped while paring is query.

As a verb chopping

is .

As an adjective chopping

is shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other.

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

    paring

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fragment or shaving that has been pared.
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