Chap vs. Chop — What's the Difference?

To cause (the skin) to roughen, redden, or crack, especially as a result of cold or exposure

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

To split or become rough and sore

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

A sore roughening or splitting of the skin, caused especially by cold or exposure.

Change one's opinions or behaviour repeatedly and abruptly

A man or boy; a fellow.

A downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the hand

A man, a fellow.

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

A customer, a buyer.

A person's share of something.

(Southern US) A child.

Crushed or ground grain used as animal feed

A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.

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

(obsolete) A division; a breach, as in a party.

A trademark; a brand of goods.

(Scotland) A blow; a rap.

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

The jaw.

To shape or form by chopping

One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.

To cut into small pieces

Clipping of chapter

To reduce abruptly or by a large amount

(intransitive) Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.

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

(transitive) To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.

To make heavy, cutting strokes.

To strike, knock.

(Archaic) To move roughly or suddenly.

To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.

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

To strike; to beat.

The act of chopping.

To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap.

A swift, short, cutting blow or stroke.

To strike; to knock; to rap.

(Sports) A short downward stroke.

To bargain; to buy.

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

A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.

A short irregular motion of waves.

A division; a breach, as in a party.

An area of choppy water, as on an ocean.

A blow; a rap.

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

One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; - commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings.

Quality; class

One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc.

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

A buyer; a chapman.

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

A man or boy; a youth; a fellow.

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

A boy or man;

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

A long narrow depression in a surface

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

A crack in a lip caused usually by cold

Termination, especially from employment; the sack.

(usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs

A woodchopping competition.

Crack due to dehydration;

(dated) A crack or cleft; a chap.

A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.

A jaw of an animal.

A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.

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

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

A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.

A license or passport that has been sealed.

A complete shipment.

(internet) An IRC channel operator.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(intransitive) To interrupt; with in or out.

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

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

To chap or crack.

(nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.

(obsolete) To twist words.

To converse, discuss, or speak with another.

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

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

To seize or devour greedily; - with up.

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

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

To interrupt; - with in or out.

To barter or truck.

To exchange; substitute one thing for another.

To purchase by way of truck.

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

To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.

A change; a vicissitude.

The act of chopping; a stroke.

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

A crack or cleft. See Chap.

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

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

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

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

A permit or clearance.

A small cut of meat including part of a rib

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

A grounder that bounces high in the air

Cut into pieces;

Move suddenly

Strike sharply, as in some sports

Cut with a hacking tool

Hit sharply