different between quip vs saying

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin quippe (“indeed”), ultimately quid (“what”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: kw?p, IPA^(key): /kw?p/, [k?w??p]
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

quip (plural quips)

1. A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
   • 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro

     Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles.

   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Death of the Old Year

     He was full of joke and jest, / But all his merry quips are o'er.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:joke

Derived terms

• quipful

Translations

Verb

quip (third-person singular simple present quips, present participle quipping, simple past and past participle quipped)

1. (intransitive) To make a quip.
2. (transitive) To taunt; to treat with quips.
   • 1957, H. E. Bates, Death of a Huntsman

     He did not really mind being quipped; the city gentlemen made him used to that sort of thing.

Translations

Anagrams

• Puqi

English

Etymology

say +? -ing

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?se???/
• Rhymes: -e???
• Hyphenation: say?ing

Verb

saying

1. present participle of say

Noun

saying (plural sayings)

1. A proverb or maxim.
2. (obsolete) That which is said; a statement.
   • c. 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale

     And I'll be sworn you would believe my saying,
     Howe'er you lean to th' nayward.

Synonyms

• maxim, proverb, saw, expression
• See also Thesaurus:saying

Translations

Further reading

• saying in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• saying in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.