Blow vs. Chop — What's the Difference?

To be in a state of motion. Used of the air or of wind.

Cut (something) into pieces with repeated sharp blows of an axe or knife

To move along or be carried by the wind

Abolish or reduce the size of (something) in a way regarded as ruthless

To move with or have strong winds

Change one's opinions or behaviour repeatedly and abruptly

To expel a current of air, as from the mouth or from a bellows.

A downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the hand

To produce a sound by expelling a current of air, as in sounding a wind instrument or a whistle.

A thick slice of meat, especially pork or lamb, adjacent to and often including a rib

To breathe hard; pant.

A person's share of something.

To release air or gas suddenly; burst or explode

Crushed or ground grain used as animal feed

To spout moist air from the blowhole. Used of a whale.

The broken motion of water, owing to the action of the wind against the tide

To fail or break down, as from being operated under extreme or improper conditions

A trademark; a brand of goods.

To melt or otherwise become disabled. Used of a fuse.

To cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an axe

(Informal) To move very fast in relation to something

To shape or form by chopping

(Slang) To go away; depart

To cut into small pieces

(Informal) To boast.

To reduce abruptly or by a large amount

Vulgar Slang To be disgustingly disagreeable or offensive

(Sports) To hit or swing at (a pitched ball) with a short downward stroke.

To cause to move by means of a current of air

To make heavy, cutting strokes.

To drive a current of air on, in, or through

(Archaic) To move roughly or suddenly.

To clear out or make free of obstruction by forcing air through

To change direction suddenly, as a ship in the wind.

To shape or form (glass, for example) by forcing air or gas through at the end of a pipe.

The act of chopping.

To expel (air) from the mouth.

A swift, short, cutting blow or stroke.

To cause air or gas to be expelled suddenly from

(Sports) A short downward stroke.

To cause (a wind instrument) to sound.

A piece that has been chopped off, especially a cut of meat, usually taken from the rib, shoulder, or loin and containing a bone.

To sound

A short irregular motion of waves.

To cause to be out of breath.

An area of choppy water, as on an ocean.

To allow (a winded horse) to regain its breath.

The official stamp or seal of a government, company, or individual, especially in China.

To demolish by the force of an explosion

Quality; class

To lay or deposit eggs in. Used of certain insects.

A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.

To cause to fail or break down, as by operating at extreme or improper conditions

A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.

To cause (a fuse) to melt or become disabled.

(martial arts) A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.

To spend (money) freely and rashly.

Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.

To spend money freely on; treat

(poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.

(Slang) To spoil or lose through ineptitude

Termination, especially from employment; the sack.

To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized

A woodchopping competition.

(Slang) To depart (a place) in a great hurry

(dated) A crack or cleft; a chap.

(Baseball) To throw (a pitch) so fast that a batter cannot swing fast enough to hit it

A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.

Vulgar Slang To perform fellatio on.

A jaw of an animal.

To bloom or cause to bloom.

A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.

The act or an instance of blowing.

The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.

A blast of air or wind.

An official stamp or seal, as in China and India.

A storm.

A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.

(Informal) An act of bragging.

A license or passport that has been sealed.

(Slang) Cocaine.

A complete shipment.

A sudden hard stroke or hit, as with the fist or an object.

(internet) An IRC channel operator.

An unexpected shock or calamity.

(transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.

An unexpected attack; an assault.

(transitive) To sever with an axe or similar implement.

A mass of blossoms

(transitive) to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.

The state of blossoming

To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.

(intransitive) To produce an air current.

(poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players. en

(transitive) To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.

(intransitive) To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.

(intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.

(intransitive) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.

(figurative) To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.

(intransitive) To interrupt; with in or out.

(transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.

To remove the final character from (a text string).

(transitive) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.

(obsolete) To exchange, to barter; to swap.

(transitive) To clear of contents by forcing air through.

To chap or crack.

(transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.

(nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.

(intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.

(obsolete) To twist words.

To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.

To converse, discuss, or speak with another.

(intransitive) To burst or explode; to occur suddenly

To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; - often with up.

To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.

To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; - usually with off or down.

To blow from a gun.

To seize or devour greedily; - with up.

(transitive) To cause the sudden destruction of.

To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.

(intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.

To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.

To recklessly squander.

To interrupt; - with in or out.

To fail at something; to mess up; to make a mistake.

To barter or truck.

To be very undesirable.

To exchange; substitute one thing for another.

To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man).

To purchase by way of truck.

To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.

To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.

(transitive) To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.

To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.

(intransitive) (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed.

A change; a vicissitude.

(obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.

The act of chopping; a stroke.

(obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.

(intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

A crack or cleft. See Chap.

(transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.

A jaw of an animal; - commonly in the pl. See Chops.

(dated) To talk loudly; boast; brag.

A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.

To expose, or inform on.

The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.

To sing.

Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.

To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.

A permit or clearance.

To flatulate or defecate.

A small cut of meat including part of a rib

To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.

A tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball

A strong wind.

A grounder that bounces high in the air

(informal) A chance to catch one's breath.

Cut into pieces;

Cocaine.

Move suddenly

Cannabis.

Strike sharply, as in some sports

Heroin.

Cut with a hacking tool

A blowjob; fellatio.

Hit sharply

(nautical) An instance of using high-pressure air to empty water from the ballast tanks of a submarine, increasing the submarine's buoyancy and causing it to surface.

The act of striking or hitting.

A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

A damaging occurrence.

A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.

An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below.

(television) button

A mass or display of flowers; a yield.

A display of anything brilliant or bright.

A bloom, state of flowering.

(intransitive) Used to express displeasure or frustration.

Blue.

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).

To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.

To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.

To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.

To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.

To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.

To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.

To stop functioning due to a failure in an electrical circuit, especially on which breaks the circuit; sometimes used with out; - used of light bulbs, electronic components, fuses; as, the dome light in the car blew out.

To deflate by sudden loss of air; usually used with out; - of inflatable tires.

To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.

To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.

To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ; to blow a horn.

To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.

To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; - usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.

To spread by report; to publish; to disclose; to reveal, intentionally or inadvertently; as, to blow an agent's cover.

To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.

To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.

To deposit eggs or larvæ upon, or in (meat, etc.).

To perform an act of fellatio on; to stimulate another's penis with one's mouth; - usually considered vulgar.

To smoke (e. g. marijuana); to blow pot.

To botch; to bungle; as, he blew his chance at a good job by showing up late for the interview.

To leave; to depart from; as, to blow town.

To squander; as, he blew his inheritance gambling.

A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.

A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.

A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet.

A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.

The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows.

The spouting of a whale.

A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter.

An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.

A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon;

An impact (as from a collision);

An unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

An unpleasant or disappointing surprise;

A strong current of air;

Street names for cocaine

Forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth;

Exhale hard;

Be blowing or storming;

Free of obstruction by blowing air through;

Be in motion due to some air or water current;

Make a sound as if blown;

Shape by blowing;

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

Spend thoughtlessly; throw away;

Spend lavishly or wastefully on;

Sound by having air expelled through a tube;

Play or sound a wind instrument;

Provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

Cause air to go in, on, or through;

Cause to move by means of an air current;

Spout moist air from the blowhole;

Leave; informal or rude;

Lay eggs;

Cause to be revealed and jeopardized;

Show off

Allow to regain its breath;

Melt, break, or become otherwise unusable;

Burst suddenly;