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Pip vs Pipi - What's the difference?

pip | pipi |

As nouns the difference between pip and pipi

is that pip is any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza while pipi is the edible saltwater clam Plebidonax deltoides, endemic to Australia.

As a verb pip

is to get the better of; to defeat.

As a proper noun Pip

is a diminutive form of the given names Philip, Phillip, and Philippa.

pip

English

(pip)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) pippe, from Middle (etyl) pip, from post-classical (etyl) pipita, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
  • (humorous) Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.
  • * , letter to Edward Garnett
    • I've got the pip horribly at present.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter IV , passage=With this deal Uncle Tom's got on with Homer Cream, it would be fatal to risk giving [Mrs Cream] the pip in any way.}}
    Derived terms
    * like a chicken with the pip

    Etymology 2

    Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from (etyl) pipin, from (etyl) ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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:
    • She sure is a pip , that one. You need company?
  • (British, dated, WW I, signalese) P in (RAF phonetic alphabet)
    • Derived terms
    * pip emma

    Etymology 3

    Origin uncertain, perhaps related to Etymology 2, above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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
    • Synonyms
    * (symbol on playing card etc) spot

    Verb

  • To get the better of; to defeat
    • He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.
  • To hit with a gunshot
    • The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.

    Etymology 4

    Imitative.

    Verb

  • To peep, to chirp
  • (avian biology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg

    • Etymology 5

    Imitative.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
    • Synonyms
    * (sense) stroke

    Etymology 6

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance, currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.

    • Related terms

    * pip to the post * pip at the post * pipsqueak * give the pip to, give someone the pip

    Anagrams

    * English palindromes ----

    pipi

    English

    Etymology 1

    From New Zealand.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, New South Wales) The edible saltwater clam Plebidonax deltoides , endemic to Australia.
  • * 2006 , Frank Prokop, Australian Fish Guide , 3rd Edition, page 154,
    • The sand whiting feeds on nippers, pipis , prawns and especially beach, squirt or blood worms and all these make terrific baits.
  • * 2007 , Julie McEnally, Lawrie McEnally, Complete Book of Fishing Baits & Rigs , page 6,
    • Pipis are very good baits for catching bream, trevally, whiting, particularly King George Whiting, leatherjackets and many others.
  • * 2009 , David Johnson. The Geology of Australia , page 172,
    • Bivalves are shells with two valves joined at a hinge, like oysters, pipis and many of the shells picked up on a modern beach.
    Synonyms
    * (Plebidonax deltoides) Coorong cockle, Goolwa cockle, eugarie, ugari, yugari

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl).

    Noun

  • (NZ) The edible saltwater clam Paphies australis , of the family Mesodesmatidae, endemic to New Zealand.
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