The difference between Pip and Stroke
When used as nouns, pip means any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza, whereas stroke means an act of stroking .
When used as verbs, pip means to get the better of, whereas stroke means to move one's hand or an object (such as a broom) along (a surface) in one direction.
check bellow for the other definitions of Pip and Stroke
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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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Stroke as a noun:
An act of stroking .
Examples:
"She gave the cat a stroke."
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Stroke as a noun:
A blow or hit.
Examples:
"a stroke on the chin"
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Stroke as a noun (golf):
A single movement with a tool. A single act of striking at the ball with a club. The hitting of a ball with a racket, or the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact. The movement of an oar or paddle through water, either the pull which actually propels the vessel or a single entire cycle of movement including the pull. The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot. A thrust of a piston. An act of striking with a weapon
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Stroke as a noun:
One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
Examples:
"the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or of an oar in rowing"
"the stroke of a skater, swimmer, etc."
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Stroke as a noun:
A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort.
Examples:
"a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy"
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Stroke as a noun (linguistics):
A line drawn with a pen or other writing implement, particularly: The slash, /. The formal name of the individual horizontal strikethroughs (as in A̶ and A̵). A line of a Chinese, Japanese or Korean character.
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Stroke as a noun:
A streak made with a brush.
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Stroke as a noun:
The time when a clock strikes.
Examples:
"on the stroke of midnight"
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Stroke as a noun (swimming):
A style, a single movement within a style.
Examples:
"butterfly stroke'"
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Stroke as a noun (medicine):
The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
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Stroke as a noun (obsolete):
A sudden attack of any disease, especially when fatal; any sudden, severe affliction or calamity.
Examples:
"a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death"
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Stroke as a noun (rowing):
The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided.
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Stroke as a noun (rowing):
The rower who is nearest the stern of the boat.
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Stroke as a noun ([[professional wrestling]]):
Backstage influence.
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Stroke as a noun (squash):
A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
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Stroke as a noun (sciences):
An individual discharge of lightning.
Examples:
"A flash of lightning may be made up of several strokes. If they are separated by enough time for the eye to distinguish them, the lightning will appear to flicker."
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Stroke as a noun (obsolete):
The result or effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
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Stroke as a noun:
An addition or amendment to a written composition; a touch.
Examples:
"to give some finishing strokes to an essay"
"rfquotek Addison"
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Stroke as a noun:
A throb or beat, as of the heart.
Examples:
"rfquotek Tennyson"
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Stroke as a noun:
Power; influence.
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Stroke as a noun (obsolete):
appetite
Examples:
"rfquotek Jonathan Swift"
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Stroke as a verb (transitive):
To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom) along (a surface) in one direction.
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Stroke as a verb (transitive, cricket):
To hit the ball with the bat in a flowing motion.
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Stroke as a verb (masonry):
To give a finely fluted surface to.
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Stroke as a verb (transitive, rowing):
To row the stroke oar of.
Examples:
"to stroke a boat"