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Cheeky vs Whippersnapper - What's the difference?

cheeky | whippersnapper |

As an adjective cheeky

is impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.

As a noun whippersnapper is

a young and cheeky or presumptuous person.

cheeky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
  • * 1899 , , Stalky & Co. , chaper 4:
    • "Shut up," said Harrison. "You chaps always behave as if you were jawin' us when we come to jaw you."
    "You're a lot too cheeky ," said Craye.
  • * 1909 , , The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England , chaper 7:
    • The Young Turks, as might have been expected, wrote in their customary flippant, cheeky style.

    Synonyms

    * saucy * insolent * See

    whippersnapper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a young and cheeky or presumptuous person
  • * 2004: , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
    • thought that the President-elect, his junior by over 25 years, was merely a "young whippersnapper ."