The difference between Boo-boo and Slip

When used as nouns, boo-boo means a mistake or error, whereas slip means a thin, slippery mix of clay and water.

When used as verbs, boo-boo means to defecate, whereas slip means to lose one's traction on a slippery surface.


check bellow for the other definitions of Boo-boo and Slip

  1. Boo-boo as a noun (countable, colloquial, often, childish):

    A mistake or error.

  2. Boo-boo as a noun (countable, colloquial, childish, by or to young children):

    A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.

  3. Boo-boo as a noun (uncountable, colloquial, childish, by or to young children):

    Feces.

  1. Boo-boo as a verb (colloquial, childish, by or to young children):

    To defecate.

  1. Slip as a noun (ceramics):

    A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.

  2. Slip as a noun (obsolete):

    Mud, slime.

  1. Slip as a noun:

    A twig or shoot; a cutting.

    Examples:

    "a slip from a [[vine]]"

  2. Slip as a noun (obsolete):

    A descendant, a scion.

  3. 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."

  4. Slip as a noun:

    A long, thin piece of something.

  5. 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"

  6. 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.

  1. Slip as a verb (intransitive):

    To lose one's traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.

  2. Slip as a verb (intransitive):

    To err.

  3. Slip as a verb (intransitive):

    To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.

  4. 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."

  5. 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."

  6. Slip as a verb (transitive):

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

  7. 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."

  8. Slip as a verb (intransitive, figuratively):

    To move down; to slide.

    Examples:

    "Profits have slipped over the past six months."

  9. Slip as a verb (transitive, falconry):

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

  10. 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.

  11. Slip as a verb (obsolete):

    To omit; to lose by negligence.

  12. 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"

  13. 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."

  14. Slip as a verb:

    To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.

  15. Slip as a verb (transitive, business):

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

  1. Slip as a noun:

    An act or instance of slipping.

    Examples:

    "I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip."

  2. 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.

  3. Slip as a noun:

    A slipdress.

  4. Slip as a noun:

    A mistake or error.

    Examples:

    "a [[slip of the tongue]]"

  5. Slip as a noun (nautical):

    A berth; a space for a ship to moor.

  6. Slip as a noun (nautical):

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

  7. Slip as a noun (medicine):

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

  8. 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.)

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. Slip as a noun:

    An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.

    Examples:

    "He gave the warden the slip and escaped from the prison."

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  12. 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.

  13. Slip as a noun (dated):

    A child's pinafore.

  14. Slip as a noun:

    An outside covering or case.

    Examples:

    "a pillow slip"

    "the slip or sheath of a sword"

  15. Slip as a noun (obsolete):

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

    Examples:

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  16. Slip as a noun:

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

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Sir W. Petty"

  17. Slip as a noun (ceramics):

    An aqueous suspension of minerals, usually clay, used, among other things, to stick workpieces together.

  18. Slip as a noun:

    A particular quantity of yarn.

  19. Slip as a noun (UK, dated):

    A narrow passage between buildings.

  20. Slip as a noun (US):

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

  21. Slip as a noun (mining):

    A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  22. 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.

  23. Slip as a noun (electrical):

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

  24. Slip as a noun:

    A fish, the sole.