Slice vs. Chop: What's the Difference?
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Slice (noun)
That which is thin and broad.
Slice (noun)
A thin, broad piece cut off.
“a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread”
Slice (noun)
amount
Slice (noun)
A piece of pizza.
Slice (noun)
A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
“I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station.”
Slice (noun)
A broad, thin piece of plaster.
Slice (noun)
A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
Slice (noun)
A salver, platter, or tray.
Slice (noun)
A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel’s side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
Slice (noun)
One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
Slice (noun)
A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
Slice (noun)
A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw
Slice (noun)
Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
Slice (noun)
A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
Slice (noun)
A hawk’s or falcon’s dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
Slice (verb)
To cut into slices.
“Slice the cheese thinly.”
Slice (verb)
To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.
“The knife left sliced his arm.”
Slice (verb)
To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
Slice (verb)
To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.
Slice (verb)
To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
Slice (verb)
To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
Slice (verb)
To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
Slice (verb)
To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
Chop (noun)
A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
“I only like lamb chops with mint jelly.”
Chop (noun)
A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.
“It should take just one good chop to fell the sapling.”
Chop (noun)
A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
“A karate chop.”
Chop (noun)
Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
Chop (noun)
A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
“With both players having an ace-high straight, the pot was a chop.”
Chop (noun)
Termination, especially from employment.
Chop (noun)
A crack or cleft; a chap.
Chop (noun)
A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.
Chop (noun)
A jaw of an animal.
Chop (noun)
A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
Chop (noun)
The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
“East Chop; West Chop”
Chop (noun)
An official stamp or seal, as in China and India.
Chop (noun)
A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
“silk of the first chop”
Chop (noun)
A license or passport that has been sealed.
Chop (noun)
An IRC channel operator.
Chop (verb)
To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
“chop wood; chop an onion”
Chop (verb)
To sever with an axe or similar implement.
“Chop off his head.”
Chop (verb)
to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
Chop (verb)
To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
Chop (verb)
To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players. en
Chop (verb)
To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
Chop (verb)
To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
Chop (verb)
To interrupt; with in or out.
Chop (verb)
To remove the final character from (a text string).
Chop (verb)
To exchange, to barter; to swap.
Chop (verb)
To chap or crack.
Chop (verb)
To vary or shift suddenly.
“The wind chops about.”
Chop (verb)
To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
Slice (noun)
a thin, broad piece of food, such as bread, meat, or cake, cut from a larger portion
“four slices of bread”
“potato slices”
Slice (noun)
a portion or share of something
“local authorities control a huge slice of public spending”
Slice (noun)
a utensil with a broad, flat blade for lifting foods such as cake and fish.
Slice (noun)
a stroke that makes the ball curve away to the right (for a left-handed player, the left), typically inadvertently.
Slice (noun)
(in sport) a shot or stroke made with glancing contact so that the ball travels forward spinning.
Slice (verb)
cut (something, especially food) into slices
“slice the onion into rings”
Slice (verb)
cut something from (something larger) with a sharp implement
“he sliced a corner from a fried egg”
“he sliced 70 seconds off the record”
Slice (verb)
cut with or as if with a sharp implement
“the blade sliced into his palm”
“the bomber’s wings were slicing the air with some efficiency”
Slice (verb)
move easily and quickly
“Grimsby sliced through Swindon’s defence”
Slice (verb)
strike (the ball) or play (a stroke) so that the ball curves away to the right (for a left-handed player, the left)
“Duval sliced his ball into the water to the right of the green”
Slice (verb)
(in sport) propel (the ball) with a glancing contact so that it travels forward spinning
“Evans went and sliced a corner into his own net”
Chop (verb)
cut (something) into pieces with repeated sharp blows of an axe or knife
“they chopped up the pulpit for firewood”
“finely chop the parsley”
Chop (verb)
remove something by cutting
“they chopped off all her hair”
Chop (verb)
cut through the base of (a tree or similar plant) with blows from an axe or other implement, in order to fell it
“the boy chopped down eight trees”
Chop (verb)
strike (something) with a short heavy blow, as if cutting at something
“Benson chopped the ball on to the stumps”
Chop (verb)
abolish or reduce the size of (something) in a way regarded as ruthless
“their training courses are to be chopped”
Chop (verb)
change one’s opinions or behaviour repeatedly and abruptly
“teachers are fed up with having to chop and change with every twist in government policy”
Chop (noun)
a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the hand
“an effective chop to the back of the neck”
Chop (noun)
a thick slice of meat, especially pork or lamb, adjacent to and often including a rib
“he lived on liver or chops”
Chop (noun)
a person’s share of something.
Chop (noun)
crushed or ground grain used as animal feed
“the pile of chop was dropped into the calves’ feeder”
Chop (noun)
the broken motion of water, owing to the action of the wind against the tide
“we started our run into a two-foot chop”
Chop (noun)
a trademark; a brand of goods.
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