The difference between Pip and Stone
When used as nouns, pip means any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza, whereas stone means a hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
When used as verbs, pip means to get the better of, whereas stone means to pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
Stone is also adverb with the meaning: as a stone .
Stone is also adjective with the meaning: constructed of stone.
check bellow for the other definitions of Pip and Stone
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Pip as a noun:
Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
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Pip as a noun (humorous):
Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.
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Pip as a noun (obsolete):
a pippin, seed of any kind a seed inside certain fleshy fruits (compare stone/pit), such as a peach, orange, or apple
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Pip as a noun (US, colloquial):
something or someone excellent, of high quality
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Pip as a noun (British, dated, WW I, signalese):
P in
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Pip as a noun:
One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
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Pip as a noun (military, public service):
One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
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Pip as a noun:
A spot; a speck.
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Pip as a noun:
A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
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Pip as a noun:
A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
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Pip as a verb:
To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin
Examples:
"He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post."
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Pip as a verb:
To hit with a gunshot
Examples:
"The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind."
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Pip as a verb:
To peep, to chirp
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Pip as a verb (avian biology):
To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg
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Pip as a noun:
One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment if he is to continue his call.
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Pip as a noun (finance, currency trading):
The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
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Stone as a noun (uncountable):
A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
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Stone as a noun:
A small piece of stone, a pebble.
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Stone as a noun:
A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
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Stone as a noun (British, plural: '''''stone'''''):
A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 kilograms
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Stone as a noun (botany):
The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
Examples:
"a peach stone'"
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Stone as a noun (medicine):
A hard, stone-like deposit.
Examples:
"kidney stone'"
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Stone as a noun (board games):
A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
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Stone as a noun:
A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
Examples:
"color pane8A807C"
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Stone as a noun (curling):
A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
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Stone as a noun:
A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
Examples:
"rfquotek Gray"
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Stone as a noun (obsolete):
A mirror, or its glass.
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Stone as a noun (obsolete):
A testicle.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Stone as a noun (dated, printing):
A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing; also called imposing stone.
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Stone as a verb (transitive):
To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
Examples:
"She got stoned to death after they found her."
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Stone as a verb (transitive):
To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
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Stone as a verb (intransitive):
To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
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Stone as a verb (transitive, slang):
To intoxicate, especially with narcotics.
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Stone as a verb (intransitive, Singapore, slang):
To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
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Stone as a verb (transitive):
To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
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Stone as an adjective:
Constructed of stone.
Examples:
"stone walls"
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Stone as an adjective:
Having the appearance of stone.
Examples:
"stone pot"
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Stone as an adjective:
Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
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Stone as an adjective (AAVE):
.
Examples:
"She is one stone fox."
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Stone as an adjective (LGBT):
Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.
Examples:
"stone butch; stone femme"
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Stone as an adverb:
As a stone .
Examples:
"My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold."
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Stone as an adverb (slang):
Absolutely, completely .
Examples:
"I went stone crazy after she left."
"I said the medication made my vision temporarily blurry, it did not make me stone blind."
"[[w:The Styistics The Styistics]] performed a love song titled "[[w:I'm Stone in Love with You I'm Stone in Love with You]]"."