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Shave vs Chopped - What's the difference?

shave | chopped |

As verbs the difference between shave and chopped

is that shave is to make bald by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin while chopped is (chop).

As a noun shave

is an instance of shaving.

As an adjective chopped is

cut or diced into small pieces.

shave

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) shaven, schaven, from (etyl) , (etyl) skafa.

Verb

  • To make bald by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
  • To cut anything in this fashion.
    • The labourer with the bending scythe is seen / Shaving the surface of the waving green.
  • To remove hair from one's face by this means.
    • I had little time to shave this morning.
  • To cut finely, as with slices of meat.
  • To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
  • * Milton
    • Now shaves with level wing the deep.
  • * 1899 ,
  • (archaic) To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.
  • (US, slang, dated, transitive) To buy (a note) at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows.
    • Derived terms
    * aftershave * reshave * shave brush / shaving brush * shaving bump * shave cream / shaving cream * shave foam / shaving foam * shave down * shave off * shaveling * unshaved

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) sceafa

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of shaving.
    • I instructed the barber to give me a shave .
  • A thin slice; a shaving.
    • (Wright)
  • (US, slang, dated) An exorbitant discount on a note.
  • (US, slang, dated) A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular.
  • A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a spokeshave.
    • Derived terms
    * close shave

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    chopped

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Cut or diced into small pieces.
  • * 2003 , Carla Emery, The Encyclopedia of Country Living , Sasquatch Books. ISBN 9781570613777, page 288:
    • Brown meat with chopped onions, chopped or ground garlic, chopped celery, and chopped bell pepper.
  • (chiefly, of meat) Ground, having been processed by grinding.
  • (automotive, slang) Having a vehicle's height reduced by horizontal trimming of the roofline.
  • * 1958 , Charles Beaumont and William F. Nolan, Omnibus of Speed: An Introduction to the World of Motor Sport , Putnam, page 183:
    • He later bought a '33 Ford coupe, chopped and channeled it and installed a Mercury engine.
  • (slang) High on drugs.
  • (slang) Fired]] from a job or cut from a team or training program; having [[get the chop, got the chop.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (chop)