Crack vs. Chip — What's the Difference?

To break without complete separation of parts

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

To break or snap apart

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

To make a sharp snapping sound

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

To break down; fail

Chips Slang Money.

To have a mental or physical breakdown

See microchip.

To change sharply in pitch or timbre, as from hoarseness or emotion. Used of the voice.

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

To move or go rapidly

A very small piece of food or candy

(Chemistry) To break into simpler molecules, often by means of heat or a catalyst.

Chips Chiefly British French fries.

To cause to break without complete separation of parts

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

To cause to break with a sharp snapping sound

A fragment of dried animal dung used as fuel.

To crush (corn or wheat, for example) into small pieces.

Something worthless.

To strike, especially with a sharp sound

(Sports) A chip shot.

To cause to come into forceful contact with something, especially with a sharp sound

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

To open to a slight extent

To chop or cut with an axe or other implement.

To break open or into

To break a small piece from

To open up for use or consumption

To break or cut off (a small piece)

To break through (an obstacle) in order to win acceptance or acknowledgment

To shape or carve by cutting or chopping

To discover the solution to, especially after considerable effort

To implant a microchip in (an organism).

To cause (the voice) to crack.

To become broken off into small pieces.

(Informal) To tell (a joke), especially on impulse or in an effective manner.

(Sports) To make a chip shot in golf.

To cause to have a mental or physical breakdown.

To cheep, as a bird.

To impair or destroy

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

To reduce (petroleum) to simpler compounds by cracking.

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

A partial split or break; a fissure

A token used in place of cash.

A slight narrow space

A sovereign the coin.

(Informal) The fissure between the buttocks.

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

A defect or flaw

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

A sharp snapping sound, such as the report of a firearm.

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

A sharp resounding blow

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

A breaking, harshly dissonant vocal tone or sound, as in hoarseness.

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

An attempt or try

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

A witty or sarcastic remark.

A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.

A moment; an instant

A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.

(Irish) Fun had when socializing; social amusement.

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

(Slang) Crack cocaine.

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

Excelling in skill or achievement; first-rate

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

(intransitive) To form cracks.

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

(intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.

Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.

(intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

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

(intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.

(transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.

(intransitive) To make a cracking sound.

(transitive) To break small pieces from.

To change rapidly in register.

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 alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.

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

(intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.

(intransitive) To become chipped.

To realize that one is transgender.

To ante (up).

(transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.

To fit (an animal) with a microchip.

(transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.

To contribute.

(transitive) To strike forcefully.

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

(transitive) To open slightly.

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

To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.

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

To solve a difficult problem.

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

(transitive) To overcome a security system or component.

To break or fly off in small pieces.

(transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.

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

(transitive) To tell (a joke).

A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.

To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.

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

To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.

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

To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.

One of the counters used in poker and other games.

(obsolete) To brag; to boast.

The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.

To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

A small fragment of something broken off from the whole;

(colloquial) To barely reach, attain to (a measurement, extent).

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

A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

A piece of dried bovine dung

A narrow opening.

A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.

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

(slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.

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

Something good-tasting or habit-forming.

Electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit

(onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.

A low running approach shot

(onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.

The act of chipping something

A sharp, resounding blow.

Break off (a piece from a whole);

(informal) An attempt at something.

Cut a nick into

Vagina.

Play a chip shot

(informal) The space between the buttocks.

Form by chipping;

Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.

Break a small piece off from;

Business; events; news.

(computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.

An expanding circle of white water surrounding the site of a large explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress of the shock wave through the air above the water.A nuclear explosion in shallow water; the crack is clearly visible on the water's surface.

A meaningful chat.

(Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.

The tone of voice when changed at puberty.

(archaic) A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.

(archaic) A crazy or crack-brained person.

(obsolete) A boast; boasting.

(obsolete) Breach of chastity.

(obsolete) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.

A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.

(obsolete) One who excels; the best.

Highly trained and competent.

Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.

To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.

To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.

To cry up; to extol; - followed by up.

To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.

To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.

To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; - with of.

A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass.

Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.

A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip.

The tone of voice when changed at puberty.

Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack.

A crazy or crack-brained person.

A boast; boasting.

Breach of chastity.

A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.

A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.

Free conversation; friendly chat.

A witty remark; a wisecrack.

A chance or opportunity to do something; an attempt; as, I'll take a crack at it.

A form of cocaine, highly purified and prepared as small pellets, especially suitable for smoking; - also called rock. Used in this form it appears to be more addicting than cocaine powder.

Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of; as, a crack shot.

A long narrow opening

A narrow opening;

A long narrow depression in a surface

A sudden sharp noise;

A chance to do something;

Witty remark

A blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts;

A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted

A usually brief attempt;

The act of cracking something

Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only;

Make a very sharp explosive sound;

Make a sharp sound;

Hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise;

Pass through (a barrier);

Break partially but keep its integrity;

Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension;

Suffer a nervous breakdown

Tell spontaneously;

Cause to become cracked;

Reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking

Break into simpler molecules by means of heat;

Of the highest quality;