Kid vs Chap - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between kid and chap

is that kid is of a goat, to give birth to kids while chap is to cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.

As nouns the difference between kid and chap

is that kid is a young goat or kid can be a fagot; a bundle of heath and furze while chap is (dated|outside|uk|and|australia) a man, a fellow or chap can be a cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin or chap can be (archaic) the jaw (often in plural).

As verbs the difference between kid and chap

is that kid is (colloquial) to make a fool of (someone) while chap is of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.

kid

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) kide, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A young goat.

* 1719 , (Daniel Defoe), ,

I went, indeed, intending to kill a kid' out of my own flock; and bring it home and dress it; but as I was going I saw a she-goat lying down in the shade, and two young ' kids sitting by her.

Of a goat, the state of being pregnant: in kid .

Kidskin.

* 1912 , (Jean Webster), ,

I have three pairs of kid' gloves. I've had '''kid''' mittens before from the Christmas tree, but never real ' kid gloves with five fingers.

(uncountable) The meat of a young goat.

* 1819 , (Walter Scott), , Chapter 5,

So saying, he gathered together, and brought to a flame, the decaying brands which lay scattered on the ample hearth; took from the larger board a mess of pottage and seethed kid , placed it upon the small table at which he had himself supped, and, without waiting the Jew's thanks, went to the other side of the hall; .

A young antelope.

(colloquial) A child or young person.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=15 citation , passage=‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid' s clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’}}

* 2007 July 5, (Barack Obama), ,

Our kids' are why all of you are in this room today. Our '''kids''' are why you wake up wondering how you'll make a difference and go to bed thinking about tomorrow's lesson plan. Our ' kids are why you walk into that classroom every day even when you're not getting the support, or the pay, or the respect that you deserve - because you believe that every child should have a chance to succeed; that every child can be taught.

(colloquial) An inexperienced person or one in a junior position.

* 2007 June 3, (Eben Moglen), speech, ,

I remember as a kid lawyer working at IBM in the summer of 1983, when a large insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut, for the first time asked to buy 12000 IBM PCs in a single order.

(nautical) A small wooden mess tub in which sailors received their food.

(Cooper)

Synonyms

* (kidskin) kid leather * (meat of a young goat) cabrito * see also

Derived terms

* handle with kid gloves * kiddy * kidly * kidskin * kidult * quiz kid * whiz kid

Verb

(kidd)

(colloquial) To make a fool of (someone).

(colloquial) To make a joke with (someone).

Of a goat, to give birth to kids.

(colloquial) To joke.

You're kidding !

Only kidding

Etymology 2

Compare (etyl) cidysen.

Noun

(en noun)

A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.

(Wright)

Anagrams

* ----

chap

English

Etymology 1

Shortened from in 16th century English.

Noun

(en noun)

(dated, outside, UK, and, Australia) A man, a fellow.

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.}}

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=20 citation , passage=‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap .’}}

(UK, dialectal) A customer, a buyer.

* Steele

If you want to sell, here is your chap .

(Southern US) A child.

Usage notes

This word's existence in the US can be seen in the Pennsylvania German term .

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* chappie * chappo

Etymology 2

Related to chip .

Verb

(chapp)

Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.

To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.

* Blackmore

Then would unbalanced heat licentious reign, / Crack the dry hill, and chap the russet plain.

* Lyly

Nor winter's blast chap her fair face.

(Scotland, northern England) To strike, knock.

* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, page 35:

The door was shut into my class. I had to chap it and then Miss Rankine came and opened it and gived me an angry look [...].

Derived terms

* chapped * chapstick

Noun

(en noun)

A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.

(obsolete) A division; a breach, as in a party.

* T. Fuller

Many clefts and chaps in our council board.

(Scotland) A blow; a rap.

Derived terms

* chappy

Etymology 3

From Northern English .

Noun

(en noun)

(archaic) The jaw (often in plural).

*1610 , , by Shakespeare

This wide-chapp'd rascal—would thou might'st lie drowning / The washing of ten tides!

* Cowley

His chaps were all besmeared with crimson blood.

* Shakespeare

He unseamed him from the nave to the chaps .

One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.