chips, crisps

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Ju

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chips
crisps

Are the above words the same in meaning and interchangeable?

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I like all kinds of chips.
I like all kinds of crisps.
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crispy
crunchy

Are the above words the same in meaning and interchangeable?

eg.

The chips are so crispy.
The crispss are so crunchy.
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In the US, we eat chips, not crisps. It's the same thing with two different names, depending on what country you're in.

For me, something that is crunchy has more weight. Granola is crunchy.
 

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For me crunchy is just whatever makes the crunchy sound.

What the Brits call chips, we call French fries.
 

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Hi freezeframe

Almost there - traditional British "chips" tend to be much thicker than fast-food "French-fries".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries:
Americans often refer to any elongated pieces of fried potatoes as fries, while in other parts of the world, most notably the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand [but not Canada?], long, thinly cut slices of fried potatoes are called fries to distinguish them from the thickly cut strips called chips.

We also used to have what we called "scollops" which were thickly sliced deep-fried potatoes (like thick "crisps").
scollops - definition of scollops by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
scollop
- thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled

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As for me, I prefer Thai banana/sweet potato fritters!
 

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Hi freezeframe

Almost there - traditional British "chips" tend to be much thicker than fast-food "French-fries".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries:
Americans often refer to any elongated pieces of fried potatoes as fries, while in other parts of the world, most notably the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand [but not Canada?], long, thinly cut slices of fried potatoes are called fries to distinguish them from the thickly cut strips called chips.

We also used to have what we called "scollops" which were thickly sliced deep-fried potatoes (like thick "crisps").
scollops - definition of scollops by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
scollop
- thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled

Best regards
R21

As for me, I prefer Thai banana/sweet potato fritters!

Thicker ones are fries too. There are also potato wedges. You get those more often in bars.
 

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