skim vs skip
skip vs skimskim and skip both are nouns.
skim is an adjective but skip is not an adjective.
skim and skip both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| skim | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| skip | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
skim and skip
are synonyms defined as:
- skim and skip: cause to skip over a surface
Other synonyms of skim include
skitter.
| skim (noun) | skip (noun) |
|---|---|
| reading or glancing through quickly | a mistake resulting from neglect |
| a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid | a gait in which steps and hops alternate |
| skim (adjective) | skip (adjective) |
|---|---|
| used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed |
| skim (verb) | skip (verb) |
|---|---|
| read superficially | bypass |
| move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of | cause to skip over a surface |
| remove from the surface | jump lightly |
| cause to skip over a surface | leave suddenly |
| coat (a liquid) with a layer | bound off one point after another |
| travel on the surface of water | intentionally fail to attend |
| examine hastily |
Words related to "skim"
Words related to "skip"
- bounce
- bound
- bound off
- bunk off
- colloquialism
- cut
- decamp
- drop
- error
- failure
- fault
- gait
- go away
- go forth
- hop
- hop-skip
- jump
- leap
- leave
- leave out
- miss
- mistake
- neglect
- omission
- omit
- overleap
- overlook
- pass over
- play hooky
- pretermit
- rebound
- recoil
- resile
- reverberate
- ricochet
- skim
- skip over
- skipper
- skitter
- spring
- take a hop
- throw
- vamoose
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