The difference between Ace and Pip
When used as nouns, ace means a single point or spot on a playing card or die, whereas pip means any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
When used as verbs, ace means to pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly, whereas pip means to get the better of.
Ace is also adjective with the meaning: excellent.
check bellow for the other definitions of Ace and Pip
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Ace as a noun (card games, dice):
A single point or spot on a playing card or die.
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Ace as a noun (card games, dice):
A card or die face so marked.
Examples:
"I have the ace of diamonds."
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Ace as a noun:
A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
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Ace as a noun (tennis):
A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.
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Ace as a noun (sports):
A single point won by a stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.
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Ace as a noun (US):
The best pitcher on the team.
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Ace as a noun (US):
A run.
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Ace as a noun (US):
A hole in one.
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Ace as a noun:
An expert at something.
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Ace as a noun:
A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.
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Ace as a noun (US):
A perfect score on a school exam.
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Ace as a noun (physics, obsolete):
A quark.
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Ace as a verb:
To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
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Ace as a verb (tennis):
To win a point by an ace.
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Ace as a verb (golf):
To make an ace (hole in one).
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Ace as an adjective (UK, slang):
Excellent.
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Ace as an adjective (slang):
Asexual.
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Ace as a noun (slang):
A person who is asexual.
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Pip as a noun:
Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
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Pip as a noun (humorous):
Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.
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Pip as a noun (obsolete):
a pippin, seed of any kind a seed inside certain fleshy fruits (compare stone/pit), such as a peach, orange, or apple
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Pip as a noun (US, colloquial):
something or someone excellent, of high quality
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Pip as a noun (British, dated, WW I, signalese):
P in
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Pip as a noun:
One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
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Pip as a noun (military, public service):
One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
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Pip as a noun:
A spot; a speck.
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Pip as a noun:
A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
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Pip as a noun:
A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
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Pip as a verb:
To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin
Examples:
"He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post."
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Pip as a verb:
To hit with a gunshot
Examples:
"The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind."
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Pip as a verb:
To peep, to chirp
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Pip as a verb (avian biology):
To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg
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Pip as a noun:
One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment if he is to continue his call.
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Pip as a noun (finance, currency trading):
The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.