mar vs chip

mar and chip both are nouns.

mar and chip both are verbs.

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

As nouns, chip is a hyponym of mar; that is, chip is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mar:

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

Other hyponyms of mar include birthmark, nevus, chatter mark, check, crack, dent, ding, gouge, nick, mole, mark, scar, scrape, scratch, burn, burn mark, blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot, stigma, verruca, wart, milium, whitehead, blackhead, comedo.

mar (noun)	chip (noun)
a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)	the act of chipping something
	(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

mar (verb)	chip (verb)
destroy or injure severely	break a small piece off from
make imperfect	break off (a piece from a whole)
	form by chipping
	cut a nick into
	play a chip shot

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