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Cramps vs Champs - What's the difference?

cramps | champs |

As verbs the difference between cramps and champs

is that cramps is (cramp) while champs is (champ).

As a noun cramps

is a cramping of muscles, especially in the abdomen or uterus.

cramps

English

Noun

(head)
  • A cramping of muscles, especially in the abdomen or uterus.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (cramp)
    • English nouns

    champs

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (champ)
    • ----

    champ

    English

    Etymology 1

    See champion

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable)
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    uncertain, probably imitative

    Noun

  • (Ireland, uncountable) a meal of mashed potatoes and scallions

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (ambitransitive) to bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.
  • * Hooker
    • They began irefully to champ upon the bit.
  • * Dryden
    • Foamed and champed the golden bit.
  • * 1951 , publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 13, page 166, ¶ 18
    • The man beside him placed a cigar between Mallow’s teeth and lit it. He champed on one of his own and said, “You must be overworked. Maybe you need a long rest.”

    Derived terms

    * champ at the bit * chomp

    Etymology 3

    From (champagne) by shortening.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (informal) champagne
  • * 1990 , Ann Heller, "Prom Nights Often Offer Students Primer On Fine Dining", Dayton Daily News , 6 April 1990:
    • "They're dressed up very elegantly and it's nice they have a glass of champ , even if it's non-alcoholic," Reif says.
  • * 2009 , :
    • We're drinkin' Santana champ , 'cause it's so crisp
  • * 2010 , Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Inheritance , Pan Books (2010), ISBN 9780330513265, unnumbered page:
    • 'Glass of champ ?' she called, skipping into the kitchen.
    English clippings

    Etymology 4

    (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * champe

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) the field or ground on which carving appears in relief

    • References

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