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Slice vs Shop - What's the difference?

slice | shop |

In lang=en terms the difference between slice and shop

is that slice is to clear (eg a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar while shop is to visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something.

As nouns the difference between slice and shop

is that slice is that which is thin and broad while shop is an establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.

As verbs the difference between slice and shop

is that slice is to cut into slices while shop is to visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something.

As an interjection shop is

(used to attract the services of a shop assistant).

slice

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • That which is thin and broad.
  • A thin, broad piece cut off.
  • a slice''' of bacon''; ''a '''slice''' of cheese''; ''a '''slice of bread
  • amount
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2010 , date=December 28 , author=Owen Phillips , title=Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Blackpool, chasing a seventh win in 17 league matches, simply could not contain Sunderland's rampant attack and had to resort to a combination of last-ditch defending, fine goalkeeping and a large slice of fortune. }}
  • A piece of pizza.
  • * 2010 , Andrea Renzoni, ?Eric Renzoni, Fuhgeddaboudit! (page 22)
  • For breakfast, lunch, or dinner, the best Guido meal is a slice and a Coke.
  • (British) A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
  • I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station.
  • A broad, thin piece of plaster.
  • A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
  • A salver, platter, or tray.
  • A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
  • One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
  • (printing) A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
  • (golf) A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw
  • (Australia, NZ) A class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
  • (medicine) A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
  • (falconry) A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
  • Derived terms

    * hyperslice

    Verb

    (slic)
  • To cut into slices.
  • Slice the cheese thinly.
  • To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.
  • The knife left sliced his arm.
  • (golf) To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
  • (soccer)
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 22 , author=Sam Sheringham , title=Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Chris Brunt sliced the spot-kick well wide but his error was soon forgotten as Olsson headed home from a corner. }}
  • To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
  • Derived terms

    * sliceable

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    shop

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
  • * Cowper
  • From shop' to ' shop / Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks / The polished counter.
  • A place where things are crafted; a workshop or hobbyshop.
  • * Shakespeare
  • A tailor called me in his shop .
  • An automobile mechanic's workplace.
  • Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk'', ''closed shop'' and ''shop floor .
  • A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.
  • (business, computing) an organisation using specified programming languages or software, often exclusively.
  • Our company is mostly a Java shop .
  • An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.
  • This is where I do my weekly shop .

    Synonyms

    * (establishment that sells goods) boutique, retail outlet, store (US); see also * (place where things are crafted) atelier, studio, workshop * (sense, automobile mechanic's workplace) garage * (workplace) office, place of work, workplace * (wood shop) carpentry, wood shop, woodwork * (metal shop) metal shop, metalwork

    Derived terms

    * beauty shop * bucket shop * charity shop * chip shop * close up shop * coffee shop * cop shop * corner shop * food shop * gift shop * like a bull in a china shop * one-stop shop * op shop * pawn shop * pet shop * Photoshop® * pound shop * repair shop * sex shop * shoe shop * shopaholic * shop assistant * shopfloor * shopfront * shopgirl * shophouse * shopkeep * shopkeeper * shopman * shop right * shop steward * shop talk * shopward * shopwards * shopworn * shut up shop * swap shop * sweet shop, sweet-shop, sweetshop * wood shop * workshop

    Verb

    (shopp)
  • To visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something.
  • I went shopping early, before the Christmas rush.
    He’s shopping for clothes .
  • (transitive, slang, chiefly, UK) To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.
  • He shopped his mates in to the police.
  • (internet slang) Shorthand for photoshop ; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
  • Synonyms

    * (to report a criminal to authority) grass up (slang)

    Derived terms

    * shop around * shopper * shop till you drop * window shopping

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (Used to attract the services of a shop assistant)