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chew vs bit

bit vs chew

chew and bit both are nouns.

chew is a verb but bit is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
chew Yes No Yes No
bit Yes No No No
As nouns, bit is a hypernym of chew; that is, bit is a word with a broader meaning than chew:
  • chew: a wad of something chewable as tobacco
  • bit: a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
Other hypernyms of chew include bite, morsel.
chew (noun) bit (noun)
biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press
a wad of something chewable as tobacco piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding
the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers
a short performance that is part of a longer program
a small fragment
an instance of some kind
a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states
a small piece or quantity of something
an indefinitely short time
chew (verb) bit (verb)
chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
Difference between chew and bit

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