peel vs chip

peel and chip both are nouns.

peel and chip both are verbs.

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

As verbs, chip is a hypernym of peel; that is, chip is a word with a broader meaning than peel:

peel: come off in flakes or thin small pieces
chip: break off (a piece from a whole)

Other hypernyms of peel include break away, break off, chip off, come off.

peel (noun)	chip (noun)
the rind of a fruit or vegetable	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

peel (verb)	chip (verb)
get undressed	break a small piece off from
remove the skin from	break off (a piece from a whole)
come off in flakes or thin small pieces	form by chipping
	cut a nick into
	play a chip shot

Difference between peel and chip

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