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Knifing vs Chopping - What's the difference?

knifing | chopping |

As nouns the difference between knifing and chopping

is that knifing is an instance of stabbing with a knife while chopping is the action by which something is chopped.

As verbs the difference between knifing and chopping

is that knifing is while chopping is .

As an adjective chopping is

shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other.

knifing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instance of stabbing with a knife.
    • There was a knifing outside that club last night.

    Hypernyms

    * stabbing

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    chopping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action by which something is chopped.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other.
    • a chopping sea
  • (obsolete) stout; large; plump
  • * Elijah Fenton
    • Yet some prolific planet smil'd, / And gave the pair a chopping child