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breakage vs chip

chip vs breakage

breakage and chip both are nouns.

breakage is not a verb while chip is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
breakage Yes No No No
chip Yes No Yes No
As nouns, chip is a hyponym of breakage; that is, chip is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than breakage:
  • breakage: the act of breaking something
  • chip: the act of chipping something
Other hyponyms of breakage include rupture, shattering, smashing, crack, cracking, fracture, chipping, splintering.
breakage (noun) chip (noun)
the act of breaking something the act of chipping something
reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use (golf) a low running approach shot
the quantity broken electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
a piece of dried bovine dung
breakage (verb) chip (verb)
break a small piece off from
break off (a piece from a whole)
form by chipping
cut a nick into
play a chip shot
Difference between breakage and chip

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