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Popcorn vs Chips - What's the difference?

popcorn | chips |

As nouns the difference between popcorn and chips

is that popcorn is popcorn while chips is (thin-sliced and deep-fried potatoes sold in sealed bags).

popcorn

English

Alternative forms

* pop-corn, popped corn

Noun

  • (chiefly, uncountable) A snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating.
  • (knitting) A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
  • * 2008 , Claire Compton, ?Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible (page 45)
    • From the top the sample shows four stitch popcorns , five stitch bobbles, two rows of bells and a central leaf with leaves sloping to the left and right each side.

    Derived terms

    * popcorn movie

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to stand up or jump up quickly

    • See also

    * brownie * cake * candy cane * chip, potato chip / potato crisp * Cracker Jack * donut / doughnut * ice cream * jelly roll, Swiss roll * pretzel ----

    chips

    English

    Noun

    (head)
    • Wow, look at the chips on that motherboard!
  • (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) french fried potatoes; french fries.
  • (US, Canada, South Africa) Thin-sliced and deep-fried potatoes sold in sealed bags; potato chips, nacho chips, etc.
    • What kind of chips should we get, barbecue or sour cream and onion?

    Derived terms

    * cheap as chips * when the chips are down