What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Hyp vs Gyp - What's the difference?

hyp | gyp |

As an initialism hyp

is harvard/yale/princeton.

As a noun gyp is

(pejorative|sometimes|offensive) a cheat or swindle; a rip-off or gyp can be a college servant or gyp can be gypsophila or gyp can be pain or discomfort.

As a verb gyp is

(pejorative|sometimes|offensive) to cheat or swindle someone of something inappropriately.

hyp

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (entertainment) hypnotism; hypnotist
    • A hyp act is scheduled after the acrobats.
    The hyp is booked through the end of the month.
  • (mathematics) hypotenuse
  • hypochondria
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Heaven send thou hast not got the hyps .

    Alternative forms

    *

    References

    * (entertainment) Usage in both ways in Swift

    Verb

    (hypp)
  • (colloquial, dated) To make melancholy.
    • (Washington Irving)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    gyp

    English

    Etymology 1

    Probably from the term

    Alternative forms

    * gip, jip (eye dialect spellings)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative, sometimes, offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
    • Why do we have to buy this new edition of the textbook when there’s almost no difference between it and the previous one? What a gyp !
    Usage notes
    Because this term is often considered to derive from the problematic exonymic term Gypsy'' and represent a racist stereotype of the Romani, it may be offensive. See the usage note about ''gypsy .

    Verb

    (gypp)
  • (pejorative, sometimes, offensive) To cheat or swindle someone of something inappropriately.
    • The cab driver gypped me out of ten bucks by taking the longer route.
    You better watch out; they'll try to gyp you if you don't know what you're doing.
    Usage notes
    See the notes about the noun, above.

    See also

    * jew down * welsh

    References

    * Gyp: Thieve, World Wide Words * Etymology of "Gyp" / "gypped", Vocaboly.com

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps the same as Etymology 1.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A college servant.
  • The room in which such college servants work.
  • A small kitchen for use by college students.

    • Etymology 3

    Shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Gypsophila.

    • Etymology 4

    Perhaps from gee up .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Pain or discomfort.
    • ''My back's giving me gyp .