The difference between Chap and Guy
When used as nouns, chap means a man, a fellow, whereas guy means an effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the gunpowder plot (5th november).
When used as verbs, chap means of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness, whereas guy means to exhibit an effigy of guy fawkes around the 5th november.
check bellow for the other definitions of Chap and Guy
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Chap as a noun (dated, outside, UK, and, Australia):
A man, a fellow.
Examples:
"Who’s that chap over there?"
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Chap as a noun (UK, dialectal):
A customer, a buyer.
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Chap as a noun (Southern US):
A child.
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Chap as a verb (intransitive):
Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
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Chap as a verb (transitive):
To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
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Chap as a verb (Scotland, northern England):
To strike, knock.
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Chap as a noun:
A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
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Chap as a noun (obsolete):
A division; a breach, as in a party.
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Chap as a noun (Scotland):
A blow; a rap.
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Chap as a noun (archaic, often, in the plural):
The jaw.
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Chap as a noun:
One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.
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Chap as a noun (internet, _, slang):
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Guy as a noun (British):
An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
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Guy as a noun (dated):
A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright".
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Guy as a noun (colloquial):
A man, fellow.
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Guy as a noun (especially, in the plural):
A person .
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Guy as a noun (colloquial, of animals and sometimes objects):
Thing, creature.
Examples:
"The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy."
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Guy as a noun (colloquial, figuratively):
Thing, unit.
Examples:
"This guy, here, controls the current, and this guy, here, measures the voltage."
"This guy is the partial derivative of that guy with respect to x."
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Guy as a noun (informal, term of address):
Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man.
Examples:
"Hey, guy, give a man a break, would ya?"
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Guy as a verb (intransitive):
To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
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Guy as a verb (transitive):
To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
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Guy as a verb (theatre, transitive):
To play in a comedic manner.
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Guy as a noun (obsolete, rare):
A guide; a leader or conductor.
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Guy as a noun (primarily, nautical):
A support rope or cable used to guide, steady or secure something which is being hoisted or lowered.
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Guy as a noun (primarily, nautical):
A support to secure or steady something prone to shift its position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension-bridge).
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Guy as a verb:
To equip with a support cable.