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chip off vs peel off

peel off vs chip off

chip off and peel off both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
chip off No No Yes No
peel off No No Yes No
As verbs, peel off is a hyponym of chip off; that is, peel off is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chip off:
  • chip off: break off (a piece from a whole)
  • peel off: come off in flakes or thin small pieces
Other hyponyms of chip off include flake, flake off, peel, exfoliate.
chip off (verb) peel off (verb)
break off (a piece from a whole) peel off in scales
take off, as with some difficulty
peel off the outer layer of something
come off in flakes or thin small pieces
leave a formation
Difference between chip off and peel off

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