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Loop vs Clip - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between loop and clip

is that loop is a length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening while clip is something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.

As verbs the difference between loop and clip

is that loop is to form something into a loop while clip is to grip tightly.

loop

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
  • The opening so formed.
  • A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
  • Arches, loops , and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints.
  • A ring road or beltway.
  • An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
  • A complete circuit for an electric current.
  • (programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
  • (graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
  • (topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point.
  • (algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element.
  • A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
  • An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
  • A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
  • * Shakespeare
  • And stop all sight-holes, every loop from whence / The eye of Reason may pry in upon us.
  • (mass of iron).
  • Derived terms

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form something into a loop.
  • To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
  • To fly an aircraft in a loop.
  • To move something in a loop.
  • To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
  • To form a loop.
  • To move in a loop.
  • The program loops until the user presses a key.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=February 4 , author=Gareth Roberts , title=Wales 19-26 England , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The outstanding Tom Palmer won a line-out and then charged into the heart of the Welsh defence, scrum-half Ben Youngs moved the ball swiftly right and Cueto's looping pass saw Ashton benefit from a huge overlap to again run in untouched.}}

    Derived terms

    * loop in * loop the loop

    See also

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    clip

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) clyppan, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (clipp)
  • To grip tightly.
  • To fasten with a clip.
  • Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.
  • (archaic) To hug, embrace.
  • * Shakespeare
  • O that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, / Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself.
    {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=5 , When we had sufficiently graduated our advances towards the main point, by toying, kissing, clipping , feeling my breasts, now round and plump, feeling that part of me I might call a furnace-mouth, from the prodigious intense heat his fiery touches had rekindled there, my young sportsman, embolden'd by every freedom he could wish, wantonly takes my hand, and carries it to that enormous machine of his}}
  • (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
  • Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form.
  • (slang) An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.
  • She reads at a pretty good clip .
  • (obsolete) An embrace.
  • (Sir Philip Sidney)
  • A frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
  • A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
  • (Youatt)
    Derived terms
    * binder clip * paper clip

    Etymology 2

    Probably from (etyl) klippa.

    Verb

  • To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
  • She clipped my hair with her scissors.
    Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper.
  • * Macaulay
  • sentenced to have his ears clipped
  • To curtail; to cut short.
  • * Shakespeare
  • All my reports go with the modest truth; / No more nor clipped , but so.
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs.
  • (dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.
  • I'll clip ye round the lugs!
  • (American football) An illegal tackle: Throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
  • (signal processing) to cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value
  • (computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
  • Noun

  • Something which has been clipped; a small portion of a larger whole, especially an excerpt of a larger work.
  • They played a clip of last night's debate.
  • An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
  • I went into the salon to get a clip .
  • The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.
  • (uncountable, informal) A speed or pace.
  • He was walking at a pretty good clip and I was out of breath trying to keep up.
  • (uncountable, Geordie) The condition of something, its state.
  • Deeky the clip of that aad wife ower thor!
  • (informal) A blow with the hand.
  • Give him a clip round the ear!

    References

    * * National Football League (2007). Official Rules of the National Football League 2007 . Triumph Books.

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