Ace vs. Pip — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ace and Pip
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Ace
An ace is a playing card, die or domino with a single pip. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the case of the ace of spades.
Pip
The small seed of a fruit, as that of an apple or orange.
Ace
A single spot or pip on a playing card, die, or domino.
Pip
A dot indicating a unit of numerical value on dice or dominoes.
Ace
A playing card, die, or domino having one spot or pip.
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Pip
A mark indicating the suit or numerical value of a playing card.
Ace
A serve that one's opponent fails to hit.
Pip
A spot or speck.
Ace
A point scored by such a serve.
Pip
A rootstock of certain flowering plants, especially the lily of the valley.
Ace
The act of hitting a golf ball in the hole with one's first shot.
Pip
Any of the small segments that make up the surface of a pineapple.
Ace
A military aircraft pilot who has destroyed five or more enemy aircraft.
Pip
(Informal) A shoulder insignia indicating the rank of certain officers, as in the British Army.
Ace
An expert in a given field.
Pip
See blip.
Ace
Top-notch; first-rate.
Pip
A short, high-pitched radio signal.
Ace
To serve an ace against in racket games.
Pip
A disease of birds, characterized by a thick mucous discharge that forms a crust in the mouth and throat.
Ace
To hit an ace on (a hole) in golf.
Pip
(Slang) A minor unspecified human ailment.
Ace
(Slang) To get the better of (someone)
A candidate who aced his opponents in the primaries.
Pip
To wound or kill with a bullet.
Ace
To receive a grade of A on
She aced the exam.
Pip
To defeat.
Ace
To perform with distinction on
Aced the interview.
Pip
To blackball.
Ace
A single point or spot on a playing card or die usually representing the number one.
Pip
To break through (the shell) in hatching. Used chiefly of birds.
Ace
A card or die face so marked.
I have the ace of diamonds.
Pip
To peep or chirp.
Ace
The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.
Pip
Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
Ace
A dollar bill.
Pip
Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.
Ace
A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
Pip
(obsolete) A pippin, seed of any kind.
Ace
A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.
Pip
(UK) A seed inside certain fleshy fruits (compare stone/pit), such as a peach, orange, or apple.
Apple pips are edible, but don't have a pleasant taste.
Ace
(sports) A point won by a single stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.
Pip
Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
Ace
The best pitcher on the team.
Pip
P in RAF phonetic alphabet.
Ace
A run.
Pip
One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
Ace
A hole in one.
Pip
One of the stylised version of the Bath star worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
Ace
An expert at something; a maverick, genius; a person of supreme talent.
An ace detective
Pip
A spot; a speck.
Ace
A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.
Pip
A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
Ace
(US) A perfect score on a school exam.
Pip
A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
Ace
Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
Pip
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 to continue the call.
Ace
A quark.
Pip
The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
Ace
(slang) A person who is asexual.
Pip
(transitive) To remove the pips from.
Peel and pip the grapes.
Ace
To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
Pip
To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin
He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.
Ace
To defeat (others) in a contest; to outdo (others) in a competition.
Pip
To hit with a gunshot
The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.
Ace
To win a point against (an opponent) by an ace.
Pip
To peep, to chirp
Ace
(golf) To make an ace (hole in one).
Pip
(avian biology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg
Ace
Excellent.
Pip
A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.
Ace
(slang) Asexual, not experiencing sexual attraction.
Pip
A seed, as of an apple or orange.
Ace
A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds.
Pip
One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes, etc.
Ace
Hence: A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
I 'll not wag an ace further.
Pip
To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.
To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg.
Ace
A single point won by a stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.; in tennis, frequently, a point won by a service stroke.
Pip
A disease of poultry
Ace
Of the highest quality
Pip
A minor nonspecific ailment
Ace
To get a grade of "A"; as, to ace an exam.
Pip
A small hard seed found in some fruits
Ace
The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number;
He has the one but will need a two and three to go with it
They had lunch at one
Pip
A mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
Ace
One of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face
Pip
A radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
Ace
Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Pip
Kill by firing a missile
Ace
A major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an are extending from Norway to Turkey
Pip
Hit with a missile from a weapon
Ace
A serve that the receiver is unable to reach
Pip
Defeat thoroughly;
He mopped up the floor with his opponents
Ace
Succeed at easily;
She sailed through her exams
You will pass with flying colors
She nailed her astrophysics course
Ace
Score an ace against;
He aced his opponents
Ace
Play (a hole) in one stroke
Ace
Serve an ace against (someone)
Ace
Of the highest quality;
An ace reporter
A crack shot
A first-rate golfer
A super party
Played top-notch tennis
An athlete in tiptop condition
She is absolutely tops
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