Piped vs. Pipped — What's the Difference?
By Fiza Rafique & Maham Liaqat — Updated on May 7, 2024
Piped involves conveying substances through tubes or creating decorative edges with piped material, while pipped often refers to breaking out of a shell or narrowly beating someone in a competition.
Difference Between Piped and Pipped
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Key Differences
Piped usually denotes the use of a tube or a similar tool to transport fluids or gases from one place to another, whereas pipped often refers to emerging from an eggshell, as seen in the hatching of birds.
Piped is also commonly used in the context of creating decorative designs or edges on cakes using a piping bag filled with icing, on the other hand, pipped can describe narrowly defeating someone, often in sports or other competitive fields.
In the realm of music or signal transmission, piped means to direct sound or data through a specific channel or system, while pipped is not typically used in these contexts.
When it comes to usage in idiomatic expressions, "piped up" suggests suddenly speaking or making noise, whereas no similar idiomatic use exists for "pipped."
Piped can further imply the act of laying pipes in construction or infrastructure, whereas pipped lacks any such connotation related to engineering or construction.
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Comparison Chart
Definition
Conveying through tubes or decorating with icing
Emerging from a shell or narrowly beating someone
Common Usage
Fluid transport, cake decorating
Bird hatching, competitions
Field Relevance
Plumbing, baking
Biology, sports
Idiomatic Usage
"He piped up during the meeting."
Not applicable
Related to
Construction, culinary arts
Nature, games
Compare with Definitions
Piped
Conveying materials through pipes.
Water is piped from the reservoir to the city.
Pipped
Indicating a small mark or spot.
The artist pipped the canvas with red dots.
Piped
Transmitting audio or data.
The audio is piped through the building’s PA system.
Pipped
Reaching a crucial point of emergence.
The idea pipped during the intense brainstorming session.
Piped
Laying pipes in infrastructure projects.
They piped the new development area last month.
Pipped
Breaking out from an eggshell.
The chick pipped the egg overnight.
Piped
Speaking up suddenly in conversation.
He piped up with an interesting point.
Pipped
Defeating someone narrowly.
She pipped her competitor at the finish line.
Piped
Decorating with a piped design.
She piped beautiful flowers on the cake.
Pipped
Surpassing an obstacle.
He pipped at the post to secure funding.
Piped
A hollow cylinder or tube used to conduct a liquid, gas, or finely divided solid.
Pipped
To wound or kill with a bullet.
Piped
A section or piece of such a tube.
Pipped
To defeat.
Piped
A device for smoking, consisting of a tube of wood, clay, or other material with a small bowl at one end.
Pipped
To blackball.
Piped
An amount of smoking material, such as tobacco, needed to fill the bowl of a pipe; a pipeful.
Pipped
To break through (the shell) in hatching. Used chiefly of birds.
Piped
A tubular part or organ of the body.
Pipped
To peep or chirp.
Piped
Pipes The passages of the human respiratory system.
Pipped
A short, high-pitched radio signal.
Piped
A large wine cask, especially one having a capacity of 126 gallons or 2 hogsheads (478 liters).
Pipped
Simple past tense and past participle of pip
Piped
This volume as a unit of liquid measure.
Piped
A tubular wind instrument, such as a flute.
Piped
Any of the tubes in an organ.
Piped
Pipes A small wind instrument, consisting of tubes of different lengths bound together.
Piped
Pipes A bagpipe.
Piped
Pipes(Informal) The vocal cords; the voice, especially as used in singing.
Piped
A birdcall.
Piped
(Nautical) A whistle used for signaling crew members
A boatswain's pipe.
Piped
A vertical cylindrical vein of ore.
Piped
One of the vertical veins of eruptive origin in which diamonds are found in South Africa.
Piped
(Geology) An eruptive passageway opening into the crater of a volcano.
Piped
(Metallurgy) A cone-shaped cavity in a steel ingot, formed during cooling by escaping gases.
Piped
To convey (liquid or gas) by means of pipes.
Piped
To convey as if by pipes, especially to transmit by wire or cable
Piped music into the store.
Piped
To provide with pipes or connect with pipes.
Piped
To play (a tune) on a pipe or pipes.
Piped
To lead by playing on pipes.
Piped
To signal (crew members) with a boatswain's pipe.
Piped
To receive aboard or mark the departure of by sounding a boatswain's pipe.
Piped
To utter in a shrill reedy tone.
Piped
To furnish (a garment or fabric) with piping.
Piped
To force through a pastry tube, as frosting onto a cake.
Piped
(Slang) To take a look at; notice.
Piped
To play on a pipe.
Piped
To speak shrilly; make a shrill sound.
Piped
To chirp or whistle, as a bird does.
Piped
(Nautical) To signal the crew with a boatswain's pipe.
Piped
(Metallurgy) To develop conical cavities during solidification.
Piped
Simple past tense and past participle of pipe
Piped
Shaped like a pipe; tubular.
Piped
Conveyed by a pipe.
Piped
(rail) Of a rail vehicle, having a through brake pipe, without the vehicle having brakes operating from it.
Piped
Formed with a pipe; having pipe or pipes; tubular.
Common Curiosities
What does it mean to be pipped in sports?
To be narrowly defeated at the last moment.
Can pipped be used in a non-competitive context?
Yes, it can describe any scenario of emerging or surpassing a limit.
Can something other than a bird be pipped?
Typically, "pipped" refers to birds, but metaphorically, it can describe overcoming a challenge.
Is piped always related to physical tubes?
Mostly, but it can also refer to transmitting audio or signals.
Is piped used in everyday language?
Yes, especially in contexts related to plumbing or baking.
How is piped used in construction?
It refers to the installation or laying of pipes.
Does pipped have a technical meaning outside of emerging from shells?
Not commonly, though it's used metaphorically in other fields.
Can animals other than birds be described as pipped?
It's unusual but can apply metaphorically to animals in tight competitions or survival scenarios.
What is a piped edge?
A decorative border made typically on fabric or cake using a piping tool.
What materials can be piped?
Fluids, gases, icing, and other semi-liquids.
How do you use pipped in a sentence about competition?
"He was pipped at the finish line."
Can piped refer to music?
Yes, it can mean directing music through speakers or other channels.
What is involved in the process of piping in culinary arts?
Using a piping bag to decorate food items, mainly pastries.
What does it mean when someone says, "He piped up"?
It means he suddenly spoke or contributed verbally.
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