Difference between Scrap and Chip

What is the difference between Scrap and Chip?

Scrap as a noun is a (small) leftover piece. while Chip as a noun is a small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

Scrap

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A (small) leftover piece. (usually plural) leftover food. Discarded material (especially metal), junk. A fight, tussle, skirmish.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to discard to scrapbook; to create scrapbooks to dispose at the scrapyard to make into scrap to fight

Example sentence: My back is full of metal; so are my hands and legs. I'll have to decide who will get all that in my will. It's probably worth a fortune in scrap metal. But it doesn't affect my movement.

Chip

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.A damaged area of a surface where a chip has been broken off.A token used in place of cash in gambling.A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.A thin, crisp, baked piece of vegetable, usually potato.A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section, similar to French fries.A shot where the ball goes more upwards than a regular shotA takeout that hits a rock at an angle.A dried piece of dung used as fuel.A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To break into small pieces.To break small pieces from.To play a shot where the ball goes predominately upwards rather than forwardsto upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.To become chipped.Often with "in", to ante (up).To fit (an animal) with a microchip.

Example sentence: Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.

We hope you now know whether to use Scrap or Chip in your sentence.

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