Dimple vs Pip - What's the difference?
dimple | pip |
A small depression or indentation in a surface.
* Wordsworth
Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.
To create a dimple in.
To create a dimple in one's face by smiling.
To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
* Dryden
Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
(humorous) Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.
* , letter to Edward Garnett
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(obsolete) A pippin.
A seed inside certain fleshy fruits (compare stone/pit), such as a peach, orange, or apple.
(US, colloquial) Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
* 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 612:
(British, dated, WW I, signalese) P in (RAF phonetic alphabet)
One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
(military, public service) One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
A spot; a speck.
A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
To get the better of; to defeat
To hit with a gunshot
To peep, to chirp
(avian biology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg
One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment if he is to continue his call.
(finance, currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
As a noun dimple
is a small depression or indentation in a surface.As a verb dimple
is to create a dimple in.dimple
English
Noun
(en noun)- The accident created a dimple in the hood of the car.
- The garden pool's dark surface breaks into dimples small and bright.
- You have very cute dimples .
Synonyms
* (depression in a surface ): dentVerb
(dimpl)- The hailstorm dimpled the roof of our car.
- The young girl dimpled in glee as she was handed a cupcake.
- And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.
Synonyms
* (create a dimple in) dent, marAnagrams
* *pip
English
(pip)Etymology 1
From (etyl) pippe, from Middle (etyl) pip, from post-classical (etyl) pipita, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- I've got the pip horribly at present.
Derived terms
* like a chicken with the pipEtymology 2
Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from (etyl) pipin, from (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)- She sure is a pip , that one. You need company?
Derived terms
* pip emmaEtymology 3
Origin uncertain, perhaps related to Etymology 2, above.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (symbol on playing card etc) spotVerb
- He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.
- The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.