Chaw vs. Chow — What's the Difference?

To chew.

See chow chow.

A chew, especially of tobacco.

Food; victuals.

Chewing tobacco.

To eat

(countable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco.

Food, especially snacks.

(obsolete) The jaw.

(Trinidadian) Unripe, or partially ripened, fruit seasoned and served as a dish, e.g. pineapple chow or mango chow.

To chew; to grind with one's teeth; to masticate (food, or the cud)

A Chow Chow.

To ruminate (about) in thought; to ponder; to consider

A Chinese person.

To steal.

A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district.

To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.

(mahjong) A run of three consecutive tiles of the same suit.

To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.

To eat.

As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid.

(mahjong) To call a discarded tile to produce a chow.

The jaw.

A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district; - often part of the name of a city, as in Foochow.

A wad of something chewable as tobacco

The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism

Chew without swallowing;

Informal terms for a meal

Breed of thick-coated medium-sized dogs with fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China