Flip vs. Slip — What's the Difference?

To throw or toss with a light brisk motion

To move smoothly, easily, and quietly

To toss in the air, imparting a spin

To move stealthily; steal

To cause to turn over or around, especially with a light quick motion

To escape, as from a grasp, fastening, or restraint

To turn through (papers, for example); leaf

To put on or remove a piece of clothing smoothly or quietly

To strike quickly or lightly; flick

To slide involuntarily and lose one's balance or foothold.

To move or act on with a quick motion

To move accidentally out of place or fail to gain traction

To change or reverse (one's position or attitude).

To pass gradually, easily, or imperceptibly into a different state

To buy and resell (a house, for example) in a short period of time for a profit.

To decline from a former or standard level; fall off

To turn over from one side to another or end over end

To elapse, especially quickly or without notice

To turn a somersault, especially in the air.

To fall into fault or error. Often used with up.

To move up and down in twists and turns

To place or insert smoothly and quietly

To move quickly and lightly; snap

To insert (a remark, for example) unobtrusively

To leaf; browse

To put on or remove (clothing) easily or quickly

To change one's mind, especially on a political position.

To get loose or free from; elude

To go crazy.

To fail to be remembered by

To react strongly and especially enthusiastically

To release, loose, or unfasten

A flick or tap.

To unleash or free (a dog or hawk) to pursue game.

A short, quick movement

To give birth to prematurely. Used of animals.

A somersault.

To dislocate (a bone).

(Informal) A reversal; a flipflop.

To pass (a knitting stitch) from one needle to another without knitting it.

A mixed drink made with any of various alcoholic beverages and often including beaten eggs.

To make a slip from (a plant or plant part).

Marked by casual disrespect; impertinent

The act or an instance of slipping or sliding.

A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.

An accident or mishap, especially resulting in a fall.

A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.

An error in conduct or thinking; a mistake.

(archaic) A fillip or light blow.

A slight error or oversight, as in speech or writing

(dated) A whit or jot; the tiniest amount.

A docking place for a ship between two piers.

A slingshot.

A slipway.

A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out

(Nautical) The difference between a vessel's actual speed through water and the speed at which the vessel would move if the screw were propelling against a solid.

(informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.

A woman's undergarment of dress length with shoulder straps.

The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.

A half-slip.

A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").

A pillowcase.

(transitive) To throw so as to turn over.

A smooth crack at which rock strata have moved on each other.

(transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.

A small fault.

To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.

The relative displacement of formerly adjacent points on opposite sides of a fault.

To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.

The difference between optimal and actual output in a mechanical device.

To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.

Movement between two parts where none should exist, as between a pulley and a belt.

To go berserk or crazy.

A sideways movement of an airplane when banked too far.

To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.

A part of a plant cut or broken off for grafting or planting; a scion or cutting.

To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.

A long narrow piece; a strip.

To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.

A slender youthful person

To hand over or pass along.

A small piece of paper, especially a small form, document, or receipt

To switch to another task, etc.

A narrow pew in a church.

Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.

Thinned potter's clay used for decorating or coating ceramics.

Sarcastic.

(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.

(informal) Disrespectful, flippant.

(intransitive) To err.

A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.

(intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.

To toss (an object) into the air so as make it turn over one or more times; to fillip; as, to flip up a cent.

(intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.

To turn (a flat object) over with a quick motion; as, to flip a card over; to flip a pancake.

(transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.

To cause (a person) to turn against former colleagues, such as to become a witness for the state, in a criminal prosecution in which the person is a defendant.

(transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.

To resell (an asset) rapidly to make a quick profit.

(intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.

To become insane or irrational; - often used with out; as, seeing her mother killed made the girl flip out.

To move down; to slide.

An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.

Hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg

Clipping of sideslip: To fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind.

The act of flipping a coin

To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.

A dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water

(obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.

(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team;

(transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.

Lightly throw to see which side comes up;

(transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.

Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation;

To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.

Look through a book or other written material;

To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.

Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

An act or instance of slipping.

Cause to move with a flick;

A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.

Throw or toss with a light motion;

A slipdress.

Move with a flick or light motion

A mistake or error.

Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse;

(nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.

Go mad, go crazy;

(nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.

Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

(nautical) A slipway.

Marked by casual disrespect;

(medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.

(cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)

A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.

A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.

An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.

(aviation) sideslip

A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.

(dated) A child's pinafore.

An outside covering or case.

(obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.

Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.

A particular quantity of yarn.

A narrow passage between buildings.

(US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.

(mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.

(engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.

(electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.

(telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.

A fish, the sole.

A twig or shoot; a cutting.

(obsolete) A descendant, a scion.

A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).

A long, thin piece of something.

A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.

(marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.

(ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.

(obsolete) Mud, slime.

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip.

To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; - often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.

To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work.

To err; to fall into error or fault.

To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.

To omit; to loose by negligence.

To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper.

To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.

To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.

To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.

The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.

An unintentional error or fault; a false step.

A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.

A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.

A leash or string by which a dog is held; - so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.

An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip.

A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.

Any covering easily slipped on.

A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver.

Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.

Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts.

A particular quantity of yarn.

An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair.

An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip.

A narrow passage between buildings.

A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.

A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.

The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.

A fish, the sole.

A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip.

The retrograde movement on a pulley of a belt as it slips.

The difference between the actual and synchronous speed of an induction motor.

A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwrites.

A socially awkward or tactless act

A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

Potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics

A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

A young and slender person;

A place where a craft can be made fast

An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall;

A slippery smoothness;

Artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

A small sheet of paper;

A woman's sleeveless undergarment

Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow;

An unexpected slide

A flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air

The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

Move stealthily;

Insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly;

Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner;

Get worse;

Move smoothly and easily

To make a mistake or be incorrect

Pass on stealthily;

Pass out of one's memory

Move out of position;