Chomp vs. Chop — What's the Difference?

Chomp is a two-player strategy game played on a rectangular grid made up of smaller square cells, which can be thought of as the blocks of a chocolate bar. The players take it in turns to choose one block and "eat it" (remove from the board), together with those that are below it and to its right.

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

Munch or chew noisily or vigorously

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

A chewing noise or action.

Change one's opinions or behaviour repeatedly and abruptly

To chew or bite on noisily

A downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the hand

To chew or bite on something repeatedly

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

The act or an instance of vigorous biting

A person's share of something.

The act of chomping see below

Crushed or ground grain used as animal feed

A unit of computing storage equal to sixteen bits, which can represent any of 65536 distinct values.

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

(intransitive) To bite or chew loudly or heavily.

A trademark; a brand of goods.

To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).

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

To chew loudly and greedily; to champ.

To shape or form by chopping

The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws

To cut into small pieces

Chew noisily;

To reduce abruptly or by a large amount

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

To make heavy, cutting strokes.

(Archaic) To move roughly or suddenly.

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

The act of chopping.

A swift, short, cutting blow or stroke.

(Sports) A short downward stroke.

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 short irregular motion of waves.

An area of choppy water, as on an ocean.

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

Quality; class

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

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

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

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

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

Termination, especially from employment; the sack.

A woodchopping competition.

(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