Chip vs. Scratch — What's the Difference?

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

Score or mark the surface of (something) with a sharp or pointed object

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

Cancel or strike out (writing) with a pen or pencil

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

Play a record using the scratch technique.

Chips Slang Money.

A mark or wound made by scratching

See microchip.

A technique, used especially in rap music, of stopping a record by hand and moving it back and forwards to give a rhythmic scratching effect

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

(in sport) the starting point in a race for a competitor that is not given a handicap or advantage

A very small piece of food or candy

Money

Chips Chiefly British French fries.

Assembled or made from whatever is available, and so unlikely to be of the highest quality

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

(of a sports competitor or event) with no handicap given

A fragment of dried animal dung used as fuel.

To make a thin shallow cut or mark on (a surface) with a sharp instrument.

Something worthless.

To use the nails or claws to dig or scrape at.

(Sports) A chip shot.

To rub or scrape (the skin) to relieve itching.

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

To scrape or strike on an abrasive surface.

To chop or cut with an axe or other implement.

To write or draw (something) by scraping a surface

To break a small piece from

To write or draw hurriedly

To break or cut off (a small piece)

To strike out or cancel (a word, for example) by or as if by drawing lines through.

To shape or carve by cutting or chopping

(Slang) To cancel (a project or program, for example).

To implant a microchip in (an organism).

To withdraw (an entry) from a contest or competition

To become broken off into small pieces.

To withdraw an entry from (a contest or competition)

(Sports) To make a chip shot in golf.

To use the nails or claws to dig, scrape, or wound.

To cheep, as a bird.

To rub or scrape the skin to relieve itching.

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

To make a harsh scraping sound.

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

To gather funds or produce a living with difficulty.

A token used in place of cash.

To withdraw from a contest or competition.

A sovereign the coin.

(Games) To make a shot in billiards that results in a penalty, as when the cue ball falls into a pocket or jumps the cushion.

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

A mark resembling a line that is produced by scratching.

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

A slight wound.

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

A hasty scribble.

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

A sound made by scratching.

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

(Sports) The starting line for a race.

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

A contestant who has been withdrawn from a competition.

A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.

The act of scratching in billiards.

A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.

A fluke or chance shot in billiards.

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

Poultry feed.

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

(Slang) Money.

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

Done haphazardly or by chance.

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

Assembled hastily or at random.

Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.

(Sports) Having no golf handicap.

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

To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.

(transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.

To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.

(transitive) To break small pieces from.

To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.

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 mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).

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

(of a surface) to get such scratches

(intransitive) To become chipped.

To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.

To ante (up).

Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.

To fit (an animal) with a microchip.

(music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).

To contribute.

(billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.

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

To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.

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

To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.

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

(ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.

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

To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.

To break or fly off in small pieces.

To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that they were previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.

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

A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.

A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.

An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.

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

(sports)

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

A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.

One of the counters used in poker and other games.

A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.

The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.

(cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.

A small fragment of something broken off from the whole;

(billiards) An aberration.

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

(horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.

A piece of dried bovine dung

(meiosis) An injury.

A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

(slang) Money.

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

A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.

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

(in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.

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 scratch wig.

A low running approach shot

(music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.

The act of chipping something

Scrawled or illegible handwriting; chicken scratch.

Break off (a piece from a whole);

For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.

Cut a nick into

Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation

Play a chip shot

(computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.

Form by chipping;

(sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.

Break a small piece off from;

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like.

To write or draw hastily or awkwardly.

To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; - often with out.

To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow.

To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.

To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.

A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision.

A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch.

Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.

A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.

A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.

In various sports, the line from which the start is made, except in the case of contestants receiving a distance handicap.

Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards.

An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

A depression scratched or carved into a surface

Informal terms for money

Dry mash for poultry

A harsh noise made by scraping;

Poor handwriting

An indication of damage

Cause friction;

Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching;