Difference between Trip and Slip

What is the difference between Trip and Slip?

Trip as a noun is a journey. while Slip as a noun is an act or instance of slipping.

Trip

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A journey. A stumble or misstep. A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations. A faux pas, a social error.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot. To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble. To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch. To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs. To journey, to make a trip.

Example sentence: Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don't want to run out of gas on your trip, but you're not doing a tour of gas stations. You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn't be about the money.

Slip

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To lose one's traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.To err.To pass (a note, money, etc.) often covertlyTo move quickly and often secretivelyTo worsen.To release a bird of prey to go after a quarry.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An act or instance of slipping.A women's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress; a shift.A small piece of paper.A mistake or error (slip of the tongue.)A berth; a space for a ship to moor.A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.In ceramics, a thin, slippery mix of clay and water.Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.

Example sentence: Well, you know, in any political campaign, you're gonna have people on one side that are gonna slip a reporter something because they think it'll hurt the guy on the other side.

We hope you now know whether to use Trip or Slip in your sentence.

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