The difference between Chip and Flake

When used as nouns, chip means a small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material, whereas flake means a loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything.

When used as verbs, chip means to chop or cut into small pieces, whereas flake means to break or chip off in a flake.

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  1. Chip as a noun:

    A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

  2. Chip as a noun:

    A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.

    Examples:

    "This cup has a chip in it."

  3. Chip as a noun (games, gambling):

    A token used in place of cash.

  4. Chip as a noun (slang, dated):

    A sovereign .

  5. Chip as a noun (electronics):

    A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.

  6. Chip as a noun (electronics):

    A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.

  7. Chip as a noun (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, especially, in the plural):

    A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section; a french fry.

    Examples:

    "Do you want sauce or mayonnaise on your chips?"

  8. Chip as a noun (US, Canada, Australia, and, New Zealand, especially, in the plural):

    A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes another vegetable.

    Examples:

    "they made their own [[potato chip]]s from scratch'', ''he ate a [[tortilla chip]]'', ''served with a side of apple chips"

  9. Chip as a noun (sports):

    A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.

  10. Chip as a noun (curling):

    A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.

  11. Chip as a noun:

    A dried piece of dung used as fuel.

  12. Chip as a noun (New Zealand, northern):

    A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.

  13. Chip as a noun (gastronomy):

    A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.

    Examples:

    "[[chocolate chip]]"

  14. Chip as a noun:

    A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.

  15. Chip as a noun (nautical):

    The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.

  16. Chip as a noun (historical):

    Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.

  17. Chip as a noun (archaic, derogatory):

    Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.

  18. Chip as a noun (golf):

    A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.

  1. Chip as a verb (transitive):

    To chop or cut into small pieces.

    Examples:

    "The workers chipped the dead branches into [[mulch]]."

  2. Chip as a verb (transitive):

    To break small pieces from.

    Examples:

    "Be careful not to chip the paint."

  3. Chip as a verb (transitive, sports):

    To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards.

  4. Chip as a verb (transitive, sports):

    In association football, specifically, to play a shot on goal by kicking the ball in an arc, over the goalkeeper's reach. (Such shots are often played in a mostly horizontal direction, particularly when taken from distance). In this usage, the opposing goalkeeper is often the direct object of the verb.

  5. Chip as a verb (transitive, automotive):

    to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.

  6. Chip as a verb (intransitive):

    To become chipped.

    Examples:

    "This varnish chips easily."

  7. Chip as a verb (intransitive, card games, often with "in"):

    To ante (up).

  8. Chip as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To fit (an animal) with a microchip.

  9. Chip as a verb (UK, transitive, often with "in"):

    to contribute.

    Examples:

    "Everyone needs to chip in £1 for George's leaving collection"

  1. Flake as a noun:

    A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

    Examples:

    "There were a few flakes of paint on the floor from when we were painting the walls."

    "flakes of dandruff"

  2. Flake as a noun:

    A scale of a fish or similar animal

  3. Flake as a noun (archaeology):

    A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone.

  4. Flake as a noun (informal):

    A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.

    Examples:

    "She makes pleasant conversation, but she's kind of a flake when it comes time for action."

  5. Flake as a noun:

    A carnation with only two colours in the flower, the petals having large stripes.

  1. Flake as a verb:

    To break or chip off in a flake.

    Examples:

    "The paint flaked off after only a year."

  2. Flake as a verb (colloquial):

    To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.

    Examples:

    "He said he'd come and help, but he flaked."

  3. Flake as a verb (technical):

    To store an item such as rope in layers

    Examples:

    "The line is flaked into the container for easy attachment and deployment."

  4. Flake as a verb (Ireland, slang):

    To hit (another person).

  1. Flake as a noun (UK):

    Dogfish.

  2. Flake as a noun (Australia):

    The meat of the gummy shark.

  1. Flake as a noun (UK, dialect):

    A paling; a hurdle.

  2. Flake as a noun:

    A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.

  3. Flake as a noun (nautical):

    A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on while calking, etc.

  4. Flake as a noun (nautical):

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