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Chops vs Chips - What's the difference?

chops | chips |

As nouns the difference between chops and chips

is that chops is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals while chips is plural of lang=en.

As a verb chops

is third-person singular of chop.

chops

English

Noun

(head)
  • English plurals
  • (plurale tantum) The mouth, jaws or jowl.
  • (plurale tantum, music, informal) A wind instrument player's embouchure.
  • (plurale tantum, informal, chiefly, music) One's skill at musical interpretation and delivery; musical performance ability.
    • Although the bass player had no experience playing in New Orleans, the crowd's enthusiastic response showed that he had the chops to make it in the very particular Crescent City jazz scene.
  • (plurale tantum, informal) One's skill at any endeavor.
    • Although he did not know all of the ins and outs of the newsroom, he had the writing chops to become a regular contributor.
  • (plurale tantum, nautical) The area where two tides meet and cause an irregular (choppy) sea.
  • (plurale tantum, juggling) A pattern that involves carrying the object with the hand over the next object before throwing it.

    • Derived terms

    * (juggling) reverse chops

    Verb

    (head)
  • (chop)
    • He chops wood all day.

    See also

    *

    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