The difference between Blunder and Slip
When used as nouns, blunder means a clumsy or embarrassing mistake, whereas slip means a thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
When used as verbs, blunder means to make a clumsy or stupid mistake, whereas slip means to lose one's traction on a slippery surface.
check bellow for the other definitions of Blunder and Slip
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Blunder as a noun:
A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
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Blunder as a verb (intransitive):
To make a clumsy or stupid mistake.
Examples:
"to blunder in preparing a medical prescription"
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Blunder as a verb (intransitive):
To move blindly or clumsily.
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Blunder as a verb (transitive):
To cause to make a mistake.
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Blunder as a verb (transitive):
To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
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Slip as a noun (ceramics):
A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
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Slip as a noun (obsolete):
Mud, slime.
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Slip as a noun:
A twig or shoot; a cutting.
Examples:
"a slip from a [[vine]]"
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Slip as a noun (obsolete):
A descendant, a scion.
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Slip as a noun:
A young person (now usually with introducing descriptive qualifier).
Examples:
"She couldn't hurt a fly, young slip of a girl that she is."
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Slip as a noun:
A long, thin piece of something.
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Slip as a noun:
A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
Examples:
"a salary slip"
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Slip as a noun (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.
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Slip as a verb (intransitive):
To lose one's traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
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Slip as a verb (intransitive):
To err.
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Slip as a verb (intransitive):
To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
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Slip as a verb (intransitive):
To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
Examples:
"A bone may slip out of place."
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Slip as a verb (transitive):
To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
Examples:
"She thanked the porter and slipped a ten-dollar bill into his hand."
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Slip as a verb (transitive):
To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
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Slip as a verb (intransitive):
To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
Examples:
"Some errors slipped into the appendix."
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Slip as a verb (intransitive, figuratively):
To move down; to slide.
Examples:
"Profits have slipped over the past six months."
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Slip as a verb (transitive, falconry):
To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
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Slip as a verb (transitive, cooking):
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.
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Slip as a verb (obsolete):
To omit; to lose by negligence.
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Slip as a verb:
To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
Examples:
"to slip a piece of cloth or paper"
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Slip as a verb:
To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
Examples:
"A horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar."
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Slip as a verb:
To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
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Slip as a verb (transitive, business):
To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go beyond the allotted deadline.
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Slip as a noun:
An act or instance of slipping.
Examples:
"I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip."
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Slip as a noun:
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.
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Slip as a noun:
A slipdress.
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Slip as a noun:
A mistake or error.
Examples:
"a [[slip of the tongue]]"
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Slip as a noun (nautical):
A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
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Slip as a noun (nautical):
A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
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Slip as a noun (medicine):
A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
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Slip as a noun (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.)
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Slip as a noun:
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.
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Slip as a noun:
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.
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Slip as a noun:
An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
Examples:
"He gave the warden the slip and escaped from the prison."
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Slip as a noun (printing, dated):
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.
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Slip as a noun (dated):
A child's pinafore.
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Slip as a noun:
An outside covering or case.
Examples:
"a pillow slip"
"the slip or sheath of a sword"
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Slip as a noun (obsolete):
A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Slip as a noun:
Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
Examples:
"rfquotek Sir W. Petty"
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Slip as a noun (ceramics):
An aqueous suspension of minerals, usually clay, used, among other things, to stick workpieces together.
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Slip as a noun:
A particular quantity of yarn.
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Slip as a noun (UK, dated):
A narrow passage between buildings.
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Slip as a noun (US):
A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
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Slip as a noun (mining):
A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
Examples:
"rfquotek Knight"
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Slip as a noun (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.
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Slip as a noun (electrical):
The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
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Slip as a noun:
A fish, the sole.
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