One might argue whether chips are actually small chunks of roughly cut (i.e. chipped from) potato, but crisps most definitely are not. Crisps are precisely slic

One might argue whether chips are actually small chunks of roughly cut (i.e. chipped from) potato, but crisps most definitely are not. Crisps are precisely sliced, quite thinly (and, as you point out, are crisp). Chips approximate chips.