The difference between Chipmunk and Ground squirrel

When used as nouns, chipmunk means a squirrel-like rodent of the genus tamias, native mainly to north america, whereas ground squirrel means any of a number of medium-sized squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribe marmotini (i.e., excluding the smaller chipmunks and the larger marmots and prairie dogs).


Chipmunk is also verb with the meaning: to speed up an audio recording, especially a song, to make the voices high-pitched.

check bellow for the other definitions of Chipmunk and Ground squirrel

  1. Chipmunk as a noun:

    A squirrel-like rodent of the genus Tamias, native mainly to North America.

  1. Chipmunk as a verb:

    To speed up an audio recording, especially a song, to make the voices high-pitched.

  2. Chipmunk as a verb:

    In competitive eating, to stuff food in one's mouth during the final moments of a contest.

  1. Ground squirrel as a noun:

    Any of a number of medium-sized squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribe Marmotini (i.e., excluding the smaller chipmunks and the larger marmots and prairie dogs).

  2. Ground squirrel as a noun:

    Any of the squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribes Marmotini and .

  3. Ground squirrel as a noun: