Nip vs Nettle - What's the difference?

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Nip is a related term of nettle.

As an initialism nip

is (us) national immunization program.

As a noun nettle is

any plant, the foliage of which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.

As a verb nettle is

(literally) of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting causing a rash in someone.

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.

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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?

Anagrams

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nettle

English

(wikipedia nettle) (Urtica)

Noun

(en noun)

Any plant, the foliage of which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.

# Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica , the stinging nettles:

## Most, but not all, subspecies of ,

## ;

# Wood nettle ();

# (vern)s and (spurge nettle)s of genus :

## , (bull nettle), (spurge nettle),

## , (Texas bull nettle),

## , (bull nettle),

## (vern) or (tree nettle)s:

### Various species of the genus ,

### ,

### ;

# (rock nettle) ();

# (small-leaved nettle) ().

Certain plants that have spines or prickles:

# (ball nettle) ();

# , (bull nettle), (silver-leaf nettle), (white horse-nettle);

# , (western horse-nettle), (robust horse-nettle);

# , (horse-nettle);

# Celtis .

Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the same family (Lamiaceae as the stinging nettles, that resemble the species of Urtica :

# (dead nettle), (dumb nettle) (Lamium ), particularly , (white nettle);

# (false nettle) ();

# (flame nettle) or (painted nettle) (Coleus );

# (hedge nettle) (Stachys );

# (hemp nettle) ();

# (horse nettle)s:

## ,

## , (ball-nettle), (Carolina horse-nettle),

## , (bull nettle), (silver-leaf nettle), (white horse-nettle);

# (nilgiri nettle), (Himalayan giant nettle) ().

Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.

Derived terms

* grasp the nettle * nettle rash * nettlelike * nettlesome * nettly

Verb

(nettl) (transitive)

(literally) Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting causing a rash in someone.

The children were badly nettled after playing in the field.

(figuratively) To pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone.

Anagrams

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