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sliver vs chip

chip vs sliver

sliver and chip both are nouns.

sliver and chip both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sliver Yes No Yes No
chip Yes No Yes No
As nouns, chip is a hypernym of sliver; that is, chip is a word with a broader meaning than sliver:
  • sliver: a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal
  • chip: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
Other hypernyms of sliver include bit, flake, fleck, scrap.
sliver (noun) chip (noun)
a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something the act of chipping something
a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal (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
sliver (verb) chip (verb)
break up into splinters or slivers break a small piece off from
form into slivers break off (a piece from a whole)
divide into slivers or splinters form by chipping
cut a nick into
play a chip shot
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