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Wiki vs Chaps - What's the difference?

wiki | chaps |

As proper nouns the difference between wiki and chaps

is that wiki is (proscribed) wikipedia while chaps is (british) a method of same-day banking transfer.

wiki

English

(wikipedia wiki)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone with access to it.

    • Derived terms

    * interwiki

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.
    • To get an understanding of the topics, he quickly went online and wikied each one.
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  • * '>citation
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  • To conduct research on a wiki.
  • To contribute to a wiki.
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  • To participate in the wiki-based production of.
  • * '>citation

    • Derived terms

    * wikify * wikiholic * wikilink * The names of many wiki-based Web projects, e.g. Wikipedia, Wikisource, ), (WikiLeaks), (Wikibooks), (Wikimedia Foundation).

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    chaps

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (chap).

    Noun

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (chap)

    • Etymology 2

    Short for American Spanish chaparreras.

    Noun

    (wikipedia chaps) (en-plural noun)
  • Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.
    • If you are going to use that chainsaw, why don't you put on a pair of chaps ?
    Chaps were a costume staple of Westerns.
    See also
    * chinks * woolies

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