chip vs defect

chip and defect both are nouns.

chip and defect both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chip	Yes	No	Yes	No
defect	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, defect is a hypernym of chip; that is, defect is a word with a broader meaning than chip:

chip: a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
defect: a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

Other hypernyms of chip include blemish, mar.

chip (noun)	defect (noun)
the act of chipping something	a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
(golf) a low running approach shot	a failing or deficiency
electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit	an imperfection in an object or machine
a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling	an imperfection in a bodily system
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

chip (verb)	defect (verb)
break a small piece off from	desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
break off (a piece from a whole)
form by chipping
cut a nick into
play a chip shot

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