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(grīndĭd) 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(grīndĭd) 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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