Napped vs Nipped - What's the difference?

napped | nipped |

As verbs the difference between napped and nipped

is that napped is (nap) while nipped is (nip).

napped

English

Verb

(head)

(nap)

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nap

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) nappen, from (etyl) ).

Noun

(en noun)

A short period of sleep, especially one during the day

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* catnap * dirt nap

Verb

(napp)

to have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day

to be off one's guard

* Hudibras

I took thee napping , unprepared.

The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse.

Derived terms

* catch napping

Synonyms

* snooze * doze

Etymology 2

From (etyl) , from (etyl)

Noun

(-)

A soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather.

* 1591 , , by William Shakespeare

I tell thee, Jack Cade the clothier means to dress the commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap upon it.

*1851 ,

On his long, gaunt body, he carried no spare flesh, no superfluous beard, his chin having a soft, economical nap' to it, like the worn ' nap of his broad-brimmed hat.

* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 37:

There were low bookshelves, there was a thick pinkish Chinese rug in which a gopher could have spent a week without showing his nose above the nap .

Verb

(napp)

to form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather)

Etymology 3

* From the name of the French emperor Napoleon I of France (Bonaparte)

Noun

(en noun)

(British) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips

(uncountable, games) A card game in which players take tricks; properly (Napoleon)

Derived terms

* go nap

Etymology 4

possibly Scandanavian, cognate with nab, see Swedish

Verb

(napp)

(obsolete) to grab; to nab

Derived terms

* kidnap

Etymology 5

From (etyl) napper, from .

Verb

(napp)

(cooking) To cover (something) with a sauce (usually in passive)

* 2006 , Wayne Gisslen, Mary Ellen Griffin, Professional Cooking for Canadian Chefs? :

Vanilla ice cream topped with a poached or canned pear half, napped with chocolate sauce, and garnished with toasted sliced almonds.

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nipped

English

Verb

(head)

(nip)

nip

English

(Webster 1913)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.

I’ll just take a nip of that cake.

He had a nip of whiskey.

Synonyms

* nibble (of food) * See also

Etymology 2

Diminutive of nipple .

Noun

(en noun)

(vulgar) A nipple, usually of a woman.

Etymology 3

Probably from a form of (etyl) nipen. Cognate with (etyl) ; (etyl) knebti.

Verb

(nipp)

To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.

To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.

* '>citation

To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.

To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.

Noun

(en noun)

A playful bite.

The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip .

A pinch with the nails or teeth.

Briskly cold weather.

There is a nip''' in the air. It is '''nippy outside.

* 1915 , :

The day had only just broken, and there was a nip in the air; but the sky was cloudless, and the sun was shining yellow.

A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.

A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

A biting sarcasm; a taunt.

(nautical) A short turn in a rope. Nip and tuck, a phrase signifying equality in a contest. [Low, U.S.]

The place of intersection where one roll touches another in papermaking.

A pickpocket.

Derived terms

* nip and tuck * nip in the bud

Etymology 4

Verb

(nipp)

To make a quick, short journey or errand; usually roundtrip.

Why don’t you nip down to the grocer’s for some milk?

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