Chip vs. Crisp — What's the Difference?

A small broken or cut off piece, as of wood, stone, or glass.

(of a substance) firm, dry, and brittle

A crack or flaw caused by the removal of a small piece.

(of the weather) cool, fresh, and invigorating

A small disk or counter used in poker and other games to represent money.

(of a way of speaking) briskly decisive and matter-of-fact, without hesitation or unnecessary detail

Chips Slang Money.

A wafer-thin slice of potato fried or baked until crisp and eaten as a snack.

See microchip.

A dessert of fruit baked with a crunchy topping of brown sugar, butter, and flour

A thin, usually fried slice of food, especially a potato chip

Give (food) a crisp surface by placing it in an oven or under a grill

A very small piece of food or candy

Curl (something) into short, stiff, wavy folds or crinkles

Chips Chiefly British French fries.

Firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle

Wood, palm leaves, straw, or similar material cut and dried for weaving.

Pleasingly firm and fresh

A fragment of dried animal dung used as fuel.

Bracing; invigorating

Something worthless.

Lively; sprightly

(Sports) A chip shot.

Conspicuously clean or new

A trick method of throwing one's opponent in wrestling.

Marked by clarity, conciseness, and briskness

To chop or cut with an axe or other implement.

Having small curls, waves, or ripples. Used of hair.

To break a small piece from

To make or keep crisp.

To break or cut off (a small piece)

To become or remain crisp.

To shape or carve by cutting or chopping

Something crisp or easily crumbled

To implant a microchip in (an organism).

A dessert of fruit baked with a sweet crumbly topping

To become broken off into small pieces.

Chiefly British A potato chip.

(Sports) To make a chip shot in golf.

(of something seen or heard) Sharp, clearly defined.

To cheep, as a bird.

Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.

A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness.

A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.

(of weather, air etc.) Dry and cold.

A token used in place of cash.

(of movement, action etc.) Quick and accurate.

A sovereign the coin.

(of talk, text, etc.) Brief and to the point.

(electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.

(of wine) having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.

(electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.

(obsolete) Lively; sparking; effervescing.

A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section; a french fry.

(dated) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.

A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes another vegetable; a crisp.

(obsolete) Curled by the ripple of water.

(sports) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.

(comptheory) Not using fuzzy logic; based on a binary distinction between true and false.

(curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.

(British) A thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack.

A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.

A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping

A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.

(food) Anything baked or fried in thin slices and eaten as a snack.

(gastronomy) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.

(transitive) To make crisp.

A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.

(intransitive) To become crisp.

(nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.

To cause to curl or wrinkle (of the leaves or petals of plants, for example); to form into ringlets or tight curls (of hair).

(historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.

To become curled.

Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.

To cause to undulate irregularly (of water); to cause to ripple.

(golf) A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.

To undulate or ripple.

(transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.

To wrinkle, contort or tense (a part of one's body).

(transitive) To break small pieces from.

To become contorted or tensed (of a part of the body).

To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards. In association football specifically, when the shot is a shot on goal, the opposing goalkeeper may be the direct object of the verb, rather than the ball.

To interweave (of the branches of trees).

To upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.

To make a sharp or harsh sound.

(intransitive) To become chipped.

To colour (something with highlights); to add small amounts of colour to (something).

To ante (up).

Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.

To fit (an animal) with a microchip.

Curled with the ripple of the water.

To contribute.

Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.

(also, to chip at) To make fun of.

Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.

To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.

Lively; sparking; effervescing.

To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.

Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.

To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.

To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.

To break or fly off in small pieces.

To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp.

A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.

To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking.

A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.

That which is crisp or brittle; the state of being crisp or brittle; as, burned to a crisp; specifically, the rind of roasted pork; crackling.

Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.

A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; - used contemptuously.

Make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface;

One of the counters used in poker and other games.

Make brown and crisp by heating;

The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.

(of something seen or heard) clearly defined;

A small fragment of something broken off from the whole;

Tender and brittle;

A triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line

Pleasantly cold and invigorating;

A piece of dried bovine dung

Pleasingly firm and fresh and making a crunching noise when chewed;

A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

In small tight curls

A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something

Brief and to the point; effectively cut short;

A small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling

Electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit

A low running approach shot

The act of chipping something

Break off (a piece from a whole);

Cut a nick into

Play a chip shot

Form by chipping;

Break a small piece off from;