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chips vs spud

spud vs chips

chips and spud both are nouns.

chips is not a verb while spud is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
chips Yes No No No
spud Yes No Yes No
As nouns, spud is a hypernym of chips; that is, spud is a word with a broader meaning than chips:
  • chips: strips of potato fried in deep fat
  • spud: an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
Other hypernyms of chips include Irish potato, murphy, potato, tater, white potato.
chips (noun) spud (noun)
strips of potato fried in deep fat a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
chips (verb) spud (verb)
produce buds, branches, or germinate
initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum
Difference between chips and spud

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