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23 January
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What is the difference between chap and rough ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between chap and rough ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
chap is used when talking about skin
"his skin is dry and will chap easily"
"my lips are chapped because of harsh wind"
Rough can be anything that is not smooth .
"My chapped skin feels rough."
"The ground is rough."
slang
"You are looking rough." Can mean
You seem like you are sickly.
You seem like you are not taking care of yourself.
Chap almost always means really dry skin.
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- English (US)
chap is used when talking about skin
"his skin is dry and will chap easily"
"my lips are chapped because of harsh wind"
Rough can be anything that is not smooth .
"My chapped skin feels rough."
"The ground is rough."
slang
"You are looking rough." Can mean
You seem like you are sickly.
You seem like you are not taking care of yourself.
Chap almost always means really dry skin.
- English (US)
I hope the slang does not throw you off. This is informal language and you might hear it day to day or in speech in a book but not so much academically.
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- English (US)
@Hiro_Cheb I hope this is correct but
どいたしまして
your welcome
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