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chip vs memory chip

memory chip vs chip

chip and memory chip both are nouns.

chip is a verb but memory chip is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
chip Yes No Yes No
memory chip Yes No No No
As nouns, memory chip is a hyponym of chip; that is, memory chip is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chip:
  • chip: electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
  • memory chip: a RAM microchip that can be plugged into a computer to provide additional memory
Other hyponyms of chip include biochip, DNA chip, gene chip, microprocessor.
chip (noun) memory chip (noun)
the act of chipping something a RAM microchip that can be plugged into a computer to provide additional memory
(golf) a low running approach shot
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
chip (verb) memory 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 chip and memory chip

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