What is the difference between Peep and Pip?
What is the difference between Peep and Pip? :
Peep : (verb)
( 1 ) Look quickly and slyly or cautioners at something
Do not peep at the secret documents.
He was caught peeping through the keyhole.
( 2 ) Appear through a narrow opening
Daylight was peeping through the curtains.
( 3 ) Appear slowly or partly
The moon peeped out from behind the clouds.
( 4 ) Make a peep
Peep : (noun)
( 1 ) Short and quick look especially a secret or sly one
He had a peep through the window.
She took a peep at the baby asleep in her cot.
( 2 ) Short weak sound made by mice, young birds, etc…
Squeak
We hear a peep sound from this box.
Pip : (noun)
( 1 ) Short high pitched sound used a time-signal on the radio or telephone
Bleep
At the second pip, the time will be 8.45 exactly.
Wait until you hear the pips and then put more money.
( 2 ) Seed especially of a lemon, a grape, a pear, an orange or an apple
( 3 ) Feeling of annoyance or bad temper
She gives me the pip.
His dirty jokes gave everyone the pip.
( 4 ) Any of the spots on playing cards, dice and dominoes
( 5 ) Star on the shoulders of the army officers
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