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Chunk vs Nugget - What's the difference?

chunk | nugget |

As nouns the difference between chunk and nugget

is that chunk is a part of something that has been separated while nugget is a small, compact chunk or clump.

As a verb chunk

is to break into large pieces or chunks.

chunk

English

(wikipedia chunk)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A part of something that has been separated.
    • The statue broke into chunks .
  • *
  • A representative of a substance at large, often large and irregular.
    • A chunk of granite .
  • (computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
  • * 1994 , Paul J Perry, Multimedia developer's guide
    • The first DWORD of a chunk data in the RIFF chunk is a four character code value identifying the form type of the file.

    See also

    * piece * bit * lump * chuck * hunk

    External links

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To break into large pieces or chunks.
  • (slang, chiefly, Southern US) To throw.

    • nugget

    English

    Noun

  • (countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.
    • a gold nugget
  • (countable) A tidbit of something valuable.
    • a nugget of wisdom
  • (uncountable) A type of boot polish.
  • (countable) A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant.
  • (countable, slang) An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot.
  • * 2009 , Nick Scipio, Nereids :
    • Jack stifled a smirk at the ensign's expressionless non-reaction. He'd been a nugget himself once, the new guy fresh from training.
  • (comptheory) A partial description gleaned from data mining.
  • * 2002 , Data Mining: A Heuristic Approach (page 93)
    • We have previously said that the heuristic algorithms produce good nuggets for most classes and most ? values

    Derived terms

    * nuggety * chicken nugget