Chip vs. Pitch — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Chip and Pitch
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Chip
A small broken or cut off piece, as of wood, stone, or glass.
Pitch
The quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone
Her voice rose steadily in pitch
Chip
A crack or flaw caused by the removal of a small piece.
Pitch
The steepness of a slope, especially of a roof.
Chip
A small disk or counter used in poker and other games to represent money.
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Pitch
A level of the intensity of something, especially a high level
The media furore reached such a pitch that the company withdrew the product
Chip
Chips Slang Money.
Pitch
An area of ground marked out or used for play in an outdoor team game
A football pitch
Chip
See microchip.
Pitch
A delivery of the ball by the pitcher.
Chip
A thin, usually fried slice of food, especially a potato chip
Ate chips with her sandwich.
Pitch
A form of words used when trying to persuade someone to buy or accept something
He put over a very strong sales pitch
Chip
A very small piece of food or candy
Made cookies with chocolate chips.
Pitch
A place where a street vendor or performer stations themselves or sets up a stall
The traders had already reserved their pitches
Chip
Chips Chiefly British French fries.
Pitch
A swaying or oscillation of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle around a horizontal axis perpendicular to the direction of motion
The pitch and roll of the ship
Chip
Wood, palm leaves, straw, or similar material cut and dried for weaving.
Pitch
The distance between successive corresponding points or lines, for example between the teeth of a cogwheel.
Chip
A fragment of dried animal dung used as fuel.
Pitch
A sticky resinous black or dark brown substance that is semi-liquid when hot and hardens when cold, obtained by distilling tar or turpentine and used for waterproofing.
Chip
Something worthless.
Pitch
Set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch
You've pitched the melody very high
Chip
(Sports) A chip shot.
Pitch
Throw roughly or casually
He crumpled the page up and pitched it into the fireplace
Chip
A trick method of throwing one's opponent in wrestling.
Pitch
Throw (the ball) for the batter to try to hit.
Chip
To chop or cut with an axe or other implement.
Pitch
Make a bid to obtain a contract or other business
I've been pitching for this account for over a month
Chip
To break a small piece from
Chip a tooth.
Pitch
Set up and fix in position
We pitched camp for the night
Chip
To break or cut off (a small piece)
Chip ice from the window.
Pitch
(of a moving ship, aircraft, or vehicle) rock or oscillate around a lateral axis, so that the front moves up and down
The little steamer pressed on, pitching gently
Chip
To shape or carve by cutting or chopping
Chipped her name in the stone.
Pitch
Cause (a roof) to slope downwards from the ridge
The roof was pitched at an angle of 75 degrees
Chip
To implant a microchip in (an organism).
Pitch
Pave (a road) with stones
Another sort of stone is used for pitching streets
Chip
To become broken off into small pieces.
Pitch
(in brewing) add yeast to (wort) to induce fermentation.
Chip
(Sports) To make a chip shot in golf.
Pitch
Cover, coat, or smear with pitch.
Chip
To cheep, as a bird.
Pitch
Any of various thick, dark, sticky substances obtained from the distillation residue of coal tar, wood tar, or petroleum and used for waterproofing, roofing, caulking, and paving.
Chip
A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
Pitch
Any of various natural bitumens, such as mineral pitch or asphalt.
Chip
A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
This cup has a chip in it.
Pitch
A resin derived from the sap of various coniferous trees, as the pines.
Chip
A token used in place of cash.
Pitch
The act or an instance of pitching.
Chip
A sovereign the coin.
Pitch
A throw of the ball by the pitcher to the batter.
Chip
(electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.
Pitch
A ball so thrown
Hit the pitch into left field.
Chip
(electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.
Pitch
(Sports) A playing field. Also called wicket.
Chip
A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section; a french fry.
Do you want sauce or mayonnaise on your chips?
Pitch
(Nautical) The alternate dip and rise of a vessel's bow and stern.
Chip
A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes another vegetable; a crisp.
They made their own potato chips from scratch, he ate a tortilla chip, served with a side of apple chips
Pitch
The alternate lift and descent of the nose and tail of an airplane.
Chip
(sports) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
Pitch
A steep slope.
Chip
(curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
Pitch
The degree of such a slope.
Chip
A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.
Pitch
(Sports) A single interval between ledges or anchors used as belaying points in mountaineering
A climb of six pitches.
Chip
A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
Pitch
The angle of a roof.
Chip
(gastronomy) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
Chocolate chip
Pitch
The highest point of a structure
The pitch of an arch.
Chip
A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
Pitch
A level or degree, as of intensity
Worked at a feverish pitch.
Chip
(nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
Pitch
(Acoustics) The distinctive quality of a sound, dependent primarily on the frequency of the sound waves produced by its source.
Chip
(historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
Pitch
(Music) The relative position of a tone within a range of musical sounds, as determined by this quality.
Chip
Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.
Pitch
(Music) Any of various standards for this quality associating each tone with a particular frequency.
Chip
(golf) A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.
Pitch
The distance traveled by a machine screw in a single revolution.
Chip
(transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.
The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.
Pitch
The distance between two corresponding points on adjacent screw threads or gear teeth.
Chip
(transitive) To break small pieces from.
Be careful not to chip the paint.
Pitch
The distance between two corresponding points on a helix.
Chip
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.
Pitch
The distance that a propeller would travel in an ideal medium during one complete revolution, measured parallel to the shaft of the propeller.
Chip
To upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
Pitch
A line of talk designed to persuade
"[his] pious pitch for ... austerity" (Boston Globe).
Chip
(intransitive) To become chipped.
This varnish chips easily.
Pitch
An advertisement.
Chip
To ante (up).
Pitch
Chiefly British The stand of a vendor or hawker.
Chip
To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
Pitch
(Games) See seven-up.
Chip
To contribute.
Everyone needs to chip in £1 for George's leaving collection
Pitch
(Printing) The density of characters in a printed line, usually expressed as characters per inch.
Chip
(also, to chip at) To make fun of.
Pitch
To smear or cover with pitch.
Chip
To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.
Pitch
To throw, usually with careful aim.
Chip
To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.
Pitch
To discard by throwing
Pitched my worn-out sneakers.
Chip
To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.
Pitch
To throw (the ball) from the mound to the batter.
Chip
To break or fly off in small pieces.
Pitch
To play (a game or part of a game) as pitcher.
Chip
A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.
Pitch
To assign as pitcher
The manager decided to pitch a left-hander.
Chip
A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.
Pitch
To erect or establish; set up
Pitched a tent.
Pitch camp.
Chip
Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
Pitch
To set firmly; implant; embed
Pitched stakes in the ground.
Chip
Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; - used contemptuously.
Pitch
To set at a specified downward slant
Pitched the roof at a steep angle.
Chip
One of the counters used in poker and other games.
Pitch
To set at a particular level, degree, or quality
Pitched her expectations too high.
Chip
The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
Pitch
(Music) To set the pitch or key of.
Chip
A small fragment of something broken off from the whole;
A bit of rock caught him in the eye
Pitch
To adapt so as to be applicable; direct
Pitched his speech to the teenagers in the audience.
Chip
A triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
Pitch
(Informal) To attempt to promote or sell, often in a high-pressure manner
"showed up on local TV to pitch their views" (Business Week).
Chip
A piece of dried bovine dung
Pitch
(Sports) To hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with backspin so that it does not roll very far after striking the ground.
Chip
A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
Pitch
To lead (a card), thus establishing the trump suit.
Chip
A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
Pitch
To discard (a card other than a trump and different in suit from the card led).
Chip
A small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
Pitch
To throw or toss something, such as a ball, horseshoe, or bale.
Chip
Electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
Pitch
(Baseball) To play in the position of pitcher.
Chip
A low running approach shot
Pitch
To plunge headlong
He pitched over the railing.
Chip
The act of chipping something
Pitch
To stumble around; lurch.
Chip
Break off (a piece from a whole);
Her tooth chipped
Pitch
To buck, as a horse.
Chip
Cut a nick into
Pitch
(Nautical) To dip bow and stern alternately.
Chip
Play a chip shot
Pitch
To oscillate about a lateral axis so that the nose lifts or descends in relation to the tail. Used of an aircraft.
Chip
Form by chipping;
They chipped their names in the stone
Pitch
To oscillate about a lateral axis that is both perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and horizontal to the earth. Used of a missile or spacecraft.
Chip
Break a small piece off from;
Chip the glass
Chip a tooth
Pitch
To slope downward
The hill pitches steeply.
Pitch
To set up living quarters; encamp; settle.
Pitch
(Sports) To hit a golf ball in a high arc with backspin so that it does not roll very far after striking the ground.
Pitch
A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
It is hard to get this pitch off my hand.
Pitch
A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
They put pitch on the mast to protect it.
The barrel was sealed with pitch.
It was pitch black because there was no moon.
Pitch
(geology) Pitchstone.
Pitch
A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
A good pitch in quoits
Pitch
(baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
The pitch was low and inside.
Pitch
The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. cricket pitch.}} Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.
The teams met on the pitch.
Pitch
(rare) The field of battle.
Pitch
An effort to sell or promote something.
He gave me a sales pitch.
Pitch
The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
The pitch of pixels on the point scale is 72 pixels per inch.
The pitch of this saw is perfect for that type of wood.
A helical scan with a pitch of zero is equivalent to constant z-axis scanning.
Pitch
The angle at which an object sits.
The pitch of the roof or haystack
Pitch
The rotation angle about the transverse axis.
Pitch
The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down. Compare with roll, yaw, and heave.
The pitch of an aircraft
Pitch
(aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
The propeller blades' pitch went to 90° as the engine was feathered.
Pitch
An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
Pitch
(by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
Pitch
An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
Pitch
A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
Pitch
A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
Pitch
The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
Pitch
Collectively, the outermost points of some part of the body, especially the shoulders or hips.
Pitch
The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
Pitch
A person's or animal's height.
Pitch
Prominence; importance.
Pitch
(climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
Pitch
(caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
The entrance pitch requires 30 metres of rope.
Pitch
(cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
Pitch
A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
Pitch
The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
A steep pitch in the road
The pitch of a roof
Pitch
(mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
Pitch
The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
The pitch of middle "C" is familiar to many musicians.
Pitch
(music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
Are we in baroque pitch for this one?
Pitch
(music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
Bob, our pitch, let out a clear middle "C" and our conductor gave the signal to start.
Pitch
To cover or smear with pitch.
Pitch
To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
Pitch
(transitive) To throw.
He pitched the horseshoe.
Pitch
To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
The hurler pitched a curveball.
He pitched high and inside.
Pitch
To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
Bob pitches today.
Pitch
(transitive) To throw away; discard.
He pitched the candy wrapper.
Pitch
(transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
He pitched the idea for months with no takers.
Pitch
(transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
At which level should I pitch my presentation?
Pitch
(transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent).
Pitch the tent over there.
Pitch
(intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
Pitch
To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.
The typhoon pitched the deck of the ship.
The airplane pitched.
Pitch
To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
The only way to get on the green from here is to pitch the ball over the bunker.
Pitch
To bounce on the playing surface.
The ball pitched well short of the batsman.
Pitch
To settle and build up, without melting.
Pitch
To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
Pitch
(with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
Pitch
(intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
To pitch from a precipice
The field pitches toward the east.
Pitch
To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones.
Pitch
To set or fix.
Pitch
To discard for some gain.
Pitch
To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
Pitch
(intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
Pitch
(transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
Pitch
A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
Pitch
See Pitchstone.
Pitch
A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits.
Pitch
That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
Pitch
A point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound.
Driven headlong from the pitch of heaven, downInto this deep.
Enterprises of great pitch and moment.
To lowest pitch of abject fortune.
He lived when learning was at its highest pitch.
The exact pitch, or limits, where temperance ends.
Pitch
Height; stature.
Pitch
A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
Pitch
The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof.
Pitch
The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a scale of high and low.
Pitch
The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
Pitch
The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; - called also circular pitch.
Pitch
The distance between symmetrically arranged or corresponding parts of an armature, measured along a line, called the pitch line, drawn around its length. Sometimes half of this distance is called the pitch.
Pitch
To cover over or smear with pitch.
Pitch
Fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
The welkin pitched with sullen could.
Pitch
To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball.
Pitch
To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes or poles; hence, to fix firmly, as by means of poles; to establish; to arrange; as, to pitch a tent; to pitch a camp.
Pitch
To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway.
Pitch
To fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune.
Pitch
To set or fix, as a price or value.
Pitch
To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
Pitch
To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
The tree whereon they [the bees] pitch.
Pitch
To fix one's choise; - with on or upon.
Pitch upon the best course of life, and custom will render it the more easy.
Pitch
To plunge or fall; esp., to fall forward; to decline or slope; as, to pitch from a precipice; the vessel pitches in a heavy sea; the field pitches toward the east.
Pitch
The property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
Pitch
(baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
Pitch
A vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk);
He was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors
Pitch
Promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
Pitch
Degree of deviation from a horizontal plane;
The roof had a steep pitch
Pitch
Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
Pitch
A high approach shot in golf
Pitch
An all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
Pitch
Abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance);
The pitching and tossing was quite exciting
Pitch
The action or manner of throwing something;
His pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor
Pitch
Throw or toss with a light motion;
Flip me the beachball
Toss me newspaper
Pitch
Move abruptly;
The ship suddenly lurched to the left
Pitch
Fall or plunge forward;
She pitched over the railing of the balcony
Pitch
Set to a certain pitch;
He pitched his voice very low
Pitch
Sell or offer for sale from place to place
Pitch
Be at an angle;
The terrain sloped down
Pitch
Heel over;
The tower is tilting
The ceiling is slanting
Pitch
Erect and fasten;
Pitch a tent
Pitch
Throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball;
The pitcher delivered the ball
Pitch
Hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
Pitch
Lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
Pitch
Set the level or character of;
She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience
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