What's the difference between clip and slip?

Clip


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To embrace, hence; to encompass.
  • (v. t.) To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.
  • (v. t.) To curtail; to cut short.
  • (v. i.) To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.
  • (n.) An embrace.
  • (n.) A cutting; a shearing.
  • (n.) The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.
  • (n.) A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.
  • (n.) An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.
  • (n.) A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak.
  • (n.) A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A neck clipping of the aneurysm and an aneurysmectomy were performed on September 27.
  • (2) Case 1 and 2 were operated on through the ipsilateral pterional approach and the aneurysm was successfully clipped.
  • (3) Baroreflex function was studied in conscious early phase (less than 6 weeks) two-kidney, one-clip hypertensive rats before and 24 hours after surgical reversal of hypertension by removal of the constricting renal artery clip or after pharmacological reduction of blood pressure by an infusion of hydralazine or captopril.
  • (4) In order to study the vascular and adrenal renin angiotensin system in the chronic phase (4 months after clipping) of 'two-kidney, one-clip' hypertension in rats, systolic blood pressure, plasma renin activity, and tissue renin-like activity in both aorta and adrenal have been measured.
  • (5) We have studied the effect of chronic ACE inhibition with enalapril on renal structure and function in rats with the two-kidney one-clip model of renovascular hypertension.
  • (6) The strongest field distortions and attractive forces occurred with 17-7PH stainless steel clips.
  • (7) The strong magnetic field of the super-conducting MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) apparatus could cause problems in the presence of metallic foreign material, such as the metal clips and loops of intraocular lenses and steel as suturing material.
  • (8) In 12 anaesthetized mongrel dogs, a canine stroke model was produced by occluding the left internal carotid and middle cerebral arteries with aneurysm clips.
  • (9) With these stringent criteria the rejection rate was 71.0% for group A records, 58.5% for group B and 44.5% for group C. The proportions of records with peak quality (no missing leads or clipping, and grade 1 noise, lead drift or beat-to-beat drift) were 4.5% for group A, 5.5% for group B and 23.0% for group C. Suggested revisions in the grading of technical quality of ECGs are presented.
  • (10) An overgrowth of bacteria was observed over the entire surface of the clips.
  • (11) The Lactomer clips showed very little sign of degradation in vitro even after 10 weeks of incubation.
  • (12) In terms of physiology and favourable maternal and foetal outcomes, the best age for childbearing is 20-35, but in my 20s I ran from any man who might clip my wings.
  • (13) In the clip – believed to be the first footage of a Briton fighting for the militants in Iraq rather than Syria – he urges others to take up arms and join the growing ranks of foreign fighters.
  • (14) In this study, Y-27152 was compared with a K+ channel opener lemakalim and a Ca++ channel blocker nifedipine for antihypertensive activity in conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and two-kidney, one-clip renal hypertensive dogs (RHD).
  • (15) 6 weeks after clipping, hemodynamic profiles of these molecules [Heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP), filling parameters, peripheral vascular resistances (PR) and cardiac output (CO)] during 90 minutes, were determined in the anesthetized animals.
  • (16) Patients were sterilized by electrocautery, by applying Silastic bands (Falope rings), and by means of Hulka-Clemens clips.
  • (17) The increase in peripheral resistance of the renal area including the clipped and removed arteries was greater than that in peripheral resistance of the superior mesenteric area or hindquarter area.
  • (18) One bleeding of 200 ml from a wounded intercostal vessel ligated with a clip was the sole operative hitch.
  • (19) All patients had at least one laparotomy, at which time a biopsy was obtained, radio-opaque clips were placed to define the extent of the gross tumor, and usually some form of bypass procedure was performed.
  • (20) He cut in and provided a pass for Sneijder, whose shot squirmed wide off Rodríguez; he then clipped a ball in that just evaded Sneijder; and soon after that he appealed for another penalty.

Slip


Definition:

  • (n.) To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
  • (n.) To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip.
  • (n.) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.
  • (n.) To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work.
  • (n.) To err; to fall into error or fault.
  • (v. t.) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
  • (v. t.) To omit; to loose by negligence.
  • (v. t.) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper.
  • (v. t.) To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
  • (v. t.) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.
  • (v. t.) To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
  • (n.) The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.
  • (n.) An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
  • (n.) A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.
  • (n.) A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.
  • (n.) A leash or string by which a dog is held; -- so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
  • (n.) An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip.
  • (n.) A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
  • (n.) Any covering easily slipped on.
  • (n.) A loose garment worn by a woman.
  • (n.) A child's pinafore.
  • (n.) An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip.
  • (n.) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like.
  • (n.) A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver.
  • (n.) Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
  • (n.) Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts.
  • (n.) A particular quantity of yarn.
  • (n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair.
  • (n.) An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip.
  • (n.) A narrow passage between buildings.
  • (n.) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
  • (n.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
  • (n.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
  • (n.) A fish, the sole.
  • (n.) A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Gallic wine sales in the UK have been tumbling for the past 20 years, but the news that France, once the largest exporter to these shores, has slipped behind Australia, the United States, Italy and now South Africa will have producers gnawing their knuckles in frustration.
  • (2) At first it looked as though the winger might have shown too much of the ball to the defence, yet he managed to gain a crucial last touch to nudge it past Phil Jones and into the path of Jerome, who slipped Chris Smalling’s attempt at a covering tackle and held off Michael Carrick’s challenge to place a shot past an exposed De Gea.
  • (3) But in each party there are major issues to be dealt with as the primary phase of the contests slips gradually into the rear-view mirror.
  • (4) You could easily replicate the biggest threat he faces in the film by slipping off your shoes and taking a broom handle to a greenhouse.
  • (5) Whenever Fox meets someone for the first time, he slips on this look as instinctively as others shuck on a jacket when they leave the house.
  • (6) Had not Jaggers summoned me to see him on the day of my majority some years later, I might have wondered at the psychological implausibility of an old woman training a child to be a psychopath, but luckily I was so caught up by the possibility of my benefactor's name being revealed that the thought quite slipped my mind.
  • (7) The pigeon's metapatagialis muscle consists of three slips, two twitch and one tonic, and these slips are distinguishable at the gross anatomical level.
  • (8) There are no cases Money could uncover of people convicted for slipping a dodgy £1 into a vending machine or palming one off to their newsagent, but criminal gangs have been jailed for manufacturing fake coins.
  • (9) Ivanovic simply seemed to pull a muscle when he slipped on the greasy surface.
  • (10) Updated at 5.11pm BST 5.07pm BST 68th over: Sri Lanka 251-9 (Herath 10, Pradeep 11) Plunkett sends one towards Herath's visage, and he fidgets it down without looking happy in the process, before Pradeep guides one over the slips and gets two.
  • (11) Suddenly he would be picking up speed, scurrying past opponents and, in one instance, slipping the ball through Laurent Koscielny’s legs for a nutmeg that was so exquisitely executed he might have been tempted to ruffle his opponent’s hair.
  • (12) In the UK, the manufacturing PMI also slipped to 49, its lowest level in more than two years, pointing to a second successive month of contraction in the sector the area that Osborne hoped could lead the UK economy back to sustainable growth with a "march of the makers".
  • (13) Dotcom's legal team repeated that he denies the charges, adding he was suffering from diabetes and hypertension, and receiving treatment for a slipped disc.
  • (14) Those who fear poverty, look it straight in the eye at the end of every month, face a constant battle to avoid it or slip in and out of it while struggling to retain every semblance of middle-class stability.
  • (15) In between the two sets, we slip to the Silverlake Lounge ( foldsilverlake.com ), where Silversun Pickups used to play, to listen to Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, a six-piece that meshes folk rock with the Beach Boys with Yes.
  • (16) "The rise of trainers and slip-ons, the Birkenstock … Certain designers are shifting our perception of chic," she says.
  • (17) Intermittent movement of slides during incubation in buffer as well as the details of mounting and removal of cover slips were found to be important.
  • (18) But some environmental leaders said they feared those opportunities could slip away, with Obama caught up in other pressing issues such as gun control or immigration.
  • (19) His story - which he was led through on Monday by his lawyer - is that he was outside his house cleaning Sadie, his dog, when the girls came down the road; that he took Holly and Jessica into his house because Holly had a nosebleed; took them upstairs into the bathroom where Holly sat on the edge of the full bath and he gave her tissues to staunch it; took Holly into his bedroom, to sit on the bed while Jessica used the toilet, took Holly back into the bathroom where she could finish cleaning up her nosebleed; accidentally slipped beside Holly and the full bath, and heard a splash; froze in panic; placed his hand over Jessica's mouth because she was screaming, 'You pushed her'.
  • (20) While the setback should have little impact on AstraZeneca's future revenues and profits, investors and analysts are watching closely for any slip-up in its R&D efforts.