chop vs jaw

chop and jaw both are nouns.

chop and jaw both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chop	Yes	No	Yes	No
jaw	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, jaw is a hypernym of chop; that is, jaw is a word with a broader meaning than chop:

chop: a jaw
jaw: the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

chop (noun)	jaw (noun)
a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball	holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
a grounder that bounces high in the air	the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
a jaw	the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
a small cut of meat including part of a rib
the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)

chop (verb)	jaw (verb)
hit sharply	talk socially without exchanging too much information
cut with a hacking tool	censure severely or angrily
cut into pieces with repeated blows	talk incessantly and tiresomely
strike sharply, as in some sports	chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
form or shape by chopping
move suddenly

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