Tip vs. Trip — What's the Difference?

The end of a pointed or projecting object.

A going from one place to another; a journey.

A piece or an attachment, such as a cap or ferrule, meant to be fitted to the end of something else

A stumble or fall.

The act of tipping.

A maneuver causing someone to stumble or fall.

A tilt or slant; an incline.

A mistake.

Chiefly British An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish.

A hallucinatory experience induced by a psychedelic drug

A light blow; a tap.

An intense, stimulating, or exciting experience

(Baseball) A pitched ball that is tipped

A usually temporary but absorbing interest or preoccupation

A small sum of money given to someone for performing a service; a gratuity.

A certain way of life or situation

A piece of confidential, advance, or inside information

A light or nimble tread.

A helpful hint

A device, such as a pawl, for triggering a mechanism.

To furnish with a tip.

The action of such a device.

To cover or decorate the tip of

To stumble.

To remove the tip of

To move nimbly with light rapid steps; skip.

To dye the ends of (hair or fur) in order to blend or improve appearance.

To be released, as a tooth on an escapement wheel in a watch.

To push or knock over; overturn or topple

To make a trip.

To move to a slanting position; tilt

To make a mistake

To touch or raise (one's hat) in greeting.

(Slang) To have a drug-induced hallucination.

To empty (something) by overturning; dump.

To cause to stumble or fall.

To dump (rubbish, for example).

To trap or catch in an error or inconsistency.

To topple over; overturn

To release (a catch, trigger, or switch), thereby setting something in operation.

To be tilted; slant

To raise (an anchor) from the bottom.

To strike gently; tap.

To tip or turn (a yardarm) into a position for lowering.

(Baseball) To hit (a pitched ball) with the side of the bat so that it glances off.

To lift (an upper mast) in order to remove the fid before lowering.

(Sports) To tap or deflect (a ball or puck, for example), especially in scoring.

A journey; an excursion or jaunt.

(Sports) To deflect or glance off. Used of a ball or puck.

A stumble or misstep.

Lower Southern US To tiptoe.

An error; a failure; a mistake.

To give a tip to

(colloquial) A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.

To give as a tip

(by extension) Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.

To provide with a piece of confidential, advance, or inside information

A faux pas, a social error.

To give tips or a tip

(engineering) A mechanical cutout device.

The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.

(electricity) A trip-switch or cut-out.

A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.

A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.

(music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.

(obsolete) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.

A small piece of meat.

The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.

A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

(nautical) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.

A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.

Synonym of eartip

(obsolete) A troop of men; a host.

The knocking over of a skittle.

A flock of wigeons.

An act of tipping up or tilting.

(intransitive) To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot

An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.

To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.

Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

(intransitive) To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc

A recycling centre.

To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

(colloquial) A very untidy place.

(transitive) To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.

The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips

(intransitive) To be activated, as by a signal or an event

A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.

(intransitive) To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.

A light blow or tap.

(intransitive) To journey, to make a trip.

A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation.

To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip.

A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.

(nautical) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.

A piece of advice.

(nautical) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.

(AU) A prediction or bet about the outcome of something.

To become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption.

(transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.

(poker slang) Of or relating to trips three of a kind.

(ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.

To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; - sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.

(ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.

To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.

To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.

To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false step; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.

To drink.

Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.

(transitive) To dump (refuse).

To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; - often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.

To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.

To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.

(transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.

To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict; also called trip up.

To hit quickly and lightly; to tap.

To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.

To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.

To release, let fall, or set free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent; to activate by moving a release mechanism, often unintentionally; as, to trip an alarm.

To give, pass.

A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.

To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.

A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.

(AU) To predict or bet on something having a particular outcome.

A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

A small piece; a morsel; a bit.

An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.

A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.

A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.

A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.

Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

A troop of men; a host.

A light touch or blow; a tap.

A flock of widgeons.

A gift; a douceur; a fee.

A journey for some purpose (usually including the return);

A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.

A hallucinatory experience induced by drugs;

To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.

An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall;

To strike slightly; to tap.

An exciting or stimulting experience

To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.

A catch mechanism that acts as a switch;

To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.

A light or nimble tread;

To fall on, or incline to, one side.

An unintentional but embarrassing blunder;

The extreme end of something; especially something pointed

Miss a step and fall or nearly fall;

A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)

Cause to stumble;

An indication of potential opportunity;

Make a trip for pleasure

A V shape;

Put in motion or move to act;

The top point of a mountain or hill;

Get high, stoned, or drugged;

Cause to tilt;

Mark with a tip;

Give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the agreed-on compensation;

Cause to topple or tumble by pushing

To incline or bend from a vertical position;

Walk on one's toes

Strike lightly;

Give insider information or advise to;

Remove the tip from;