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Chop vs. Grind — What's the Difference?

Chop vs. Grind — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Chop and Grind

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Chop

Cut (something) into pieces with repeated sharp blows of an axe or knife
They chopped up the pulpit for firewood
Finely chop the parsley

Grind

A blade's grind is its cross-sectional shape in a plane normal to the edge. Grind differs from blade profile, which is the blade's cross-sectional shape in the plane containing the blade's edge and the centre contour of the blade's back (meaning the shape of the blade when viewed from the side, i.e.

Chop

Abolish or reduce the size of (something) in a way regarded as ruthless
Their training courses are to be chopped

Grind

Reduce (something) to small particles or powder by crushing it
Grind some black pepper over the salad
She ground up the rice prior to boiling

Chop

Change one's opinions or behaviour repeatedly and abruptly
Teachers are fed up with having to chop and change with every twist in government policy
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Grind

Rub or cause to rub together gratingly
He keeps me awake at night, grinding his teeth
Tectonic plates that inexorably grind against each other

Chop

A downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the hand
An effective chop to the back of the neck

Grind

(of a dancer) gyrate the hips erotically
Go-go girls grinding to blaring disco

Chop

A thick slice of meat, especially pork or lamb, adjacent to and often including a rib
He lived on liver or chops

Grind

A crushing or grating sound or motion
The slow grind of the US legal system
The crunch and grind of bulldozers

Chop

A person's share of something.

Grind

Hard dull work
Relief from the daily grind

Chop

Crushed or ground grain used as animal feed
The pile of chop was dropped into the calves' feeder

Grind

A dancer's erotic gyration of the hips
A bump and grind

Chop

The broken motion of water, owing to the action of the wind against the tide
We started our run into a two-foot chop

Grind

To reduce to small bits or crush to a fine powder
Grind wheat into flour.
Grind coffee beans.

Chop

A trademark; a brand of goods.

Grind

To shape, sharpen, or refine with friction
Grind scissors to a fine edge.
Grind lenses for eyeglasses.

Chop

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

Grind

To rub (two surfaces) together harshly; gnash
Grind one's teeth.

Chop

To shape or form by chopping
Chop a hole in the ice.

Grind

To bear down on harshly; crush
The team's spirit was ground down by harsh losses.

Chop

To cut into small pieces
Chop onions and carrots.
Chop up meat.

Grind

To oppress or weaken gradually or persistently
“Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law” (Oliver Goldsmith).

Chop

To reduce abruptly or by a large amount
Chopped off his sentence midway.
Are going to chop expenses.

Grind

To operate by turning a crank
Ground a hurdy-gurdy.

Chop

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

Grind

To instill or teach by persistent repetition
Ground the truth into their heads.

Chop

To make heavy, cutting strokes.

Grind

To perform the operation of grinding something.

Chop

(Archaic) To move roughly or suddenly.

Grind

To become crushed, pulverized, or powdered by friction
Those coffee beans ground easily.

Chop

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

Grind

To move with noisy friction; grate
A train grinding along rusty rails.

Chop

The act of chopping.

Grind

Past tense and past participle grind·ed(grīndĭd) To ride a skateboard, a snowboard, or skis over a grind rail or narrow surface, often with the board or skis at right angles to the direction of movement.

Chop

A swift, short, cutting blow or stroke.

Grind

(Informal) To devote oneself to study or work
Grinding for a test.
Grinding away at housework.

Chop

(Sports) A short downward stroke.

Grind

Past tense and past participle grind·ed(grīndĭd) Slang To rotate the pelvis erotically, as while dancing or performing a striptease.

Chop

A piece that has been chopped off, especially a cut of meat, usually taken from the rib, shoulder, or loin and containing a bone.

Grind

The act of grinding.

Chop

A short irregular motion of waves.

Grind

A crunching or grinding noise.

Chop

An area of choppy water, as on an ocean.

Grind

A specific grade or degree of pulverization, as of coffee beans
Drip grind.

Chop

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

Grind

Bits of ground coffee; grounds.

Chop

Quality; class
First chop.

Grind

(Informal) A laborious task, routine, or study
The daily grind.

Chop

A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
I only like lamb chops with mint jelly.

Grind

(Informal) A student who works or studies excessively.

Chop

A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.
It should take just one good chop to fell the sapling.

Grind

(Slang) An erotic rotation of the pelvis.

Chop

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

Grind

(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.

Chop

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

Grind

(transitive) To shape with the force of friction.
Grind a lens; grind an axe

Chop

(poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
With both players having an ace-high straight, the pot was a chop.

Grind

(metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.

Chop

Termination, especially from employment; the sack.

Grind

(intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
This corn grinds well.
Steel grinds to a sharp edge.

Chop

A woodchopping competition.

Grind

To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

Chop

(dated) A crack or cleft; a chap.

Grind

To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.

Chop

A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.

Grind

(transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.

Chop

A jaw of an animal.

Grind

To rotate the hips erotically.

Chop

A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.

Grind

(slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.

Chop

The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
East Chop; West Chop

Grind

(video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
These enemies give lots of loot when killed, so many players fight them to grind for resources.
The first level of the game is the best place to grind extra lives.

Chop

An official stamp or seal, as in China and India.

Grind

(transitive) To operate by turning a crank.
To grind an organ

Chop

A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
Silk of the first chop

Grind

To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.

Chop

A license or passport that has been sealed.

Grind

To automatically format and indent code.

Chop

A complete shipment.
A chop of tea

Grind

To instill through repetitive teaching.
Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.

Chop

(internet) An IRC channel operator.

Grind

To eat.
Eh, brah, let's go grind.

Chop

(transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
Chop wood; chop an onion

Grind

To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.

Chop

(transitive) To sever with an axe or similar implement.
Chop off his head.

Grind

To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.

Chop

(transitive) to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.

Grind

The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.

Chop

To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.

Grind

Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.

Chop

(poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players. en

Grind

A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
This bag contains espresso grind.

Chop

(intransitive) To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.

Grind

A tedious and laborious task.
This homework is a grind.

Chop

(intransitive) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.

Grind

A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.

Chop

(intransitive) To interrupt; with in or out.

Grind

One who studies hard.

Chop

To remove the final character from (a text string).

Grind

Clipping of grindcore

Chop

(obsolete) To exchange, to barter; to swap.

Grind

(slang) Hustle; hard work. en
I pledge allegiance to the grind. I'm up early as hell tryna get mine.

Chop

To chap or crack.

Grind

A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.

Chop

(nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.
The wind chops about.

Grind

To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.
Take the millstones, and grind meal.

Chop

(obsolete) To twist words.

Grind

To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc.

Chop

To converse, discuss, or speak with another.

Grind

To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.
To grind the subject or defraud the prince.

Chop

To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; - often with up.

Grind

To study hard for examination; - commonly used with away; as, to grind away at one's studies.

Chop

To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; - usually with off or down.
Chop off your hand, and it to the king.

Grind

To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.
Send theeInto the common prison, there to grind.

Chop

To seize or devour greedily; - with up.
Upon the opening of his mouth he drops his breakfast, which the fox presently chopped up.

Grind

To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.

Chop

To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.

Grind

To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.

Chop

To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance.

Grind

To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

Chop

To interrupt; - with in or out.
This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in.

Grind

To perform hard and distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.

Chop

To barter or truck.

Grind

The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.

Chop

To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
We go on chopping and changing our friends.

Grind

Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study.

Chop

To purchase by way of truck.

Grind

A student that studies hard; a dig; a wonk.

Chop

To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.

Grind

An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively

Chop

To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge.

Grind

Hard monotonous routine work

Chop

A change; a vicissitude.

Grind

The act of grinding to a powder or dust

Chop

The act of chopping; a stroke.

Grind

Press or grind with a crunching noise

Chop

A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.

Grind

Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together;
Grate one's teeth in anger

Chop

A crack or cleft. See Chap.

Grind

Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
Grind the spices in a mortar
Mash the garlic

Chop

A jaw of an animal; - commonly in the pl. See Chops.

Grind

Work hard;
She was digging away at her math homework
Lexicographers drudge all day long

Chop

A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.

Grind

Dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced

Chop

The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.

Chop

Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.

Chop

A permit or clearance.

Chop

A small cut of meat including part of a rib

Chop

A tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball

Chop

A grounder that bounces high in the air

Chop

Cut into pieces;
Chop wood
Chop meat

Chop

Move suddenly

Chop

Strike sharply, as in some sports

Chop

Cut with a hacking tool

Chop

Hit sharply

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