Pliers vs Nipper - What's the difference?
pliers | nipper |
A gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand
English plurals
One who, or that which, nips.
(usually, in the plural) Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
(slang) A child.
* 1949 , , p. 193. ISBN 0-451-51218-9
(AU) A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
* The Nippers program, for children aged five to thirteen, promotes water safety skills and confidence in a safe beach environment. [http://sls.com.au/content/nipper-numbers-exceed-60000]
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*:"Every club around Australia offers a Nippers' programme. ' Nippers is open to children from the age of 5 through to 13 years old and not only is it a fun way for your child to .."
(Canada, slang, Newfoundland) A mosquito.
One of four foreteeth in a horse.
(obsolete) A satirist.
(obsolete, slang) A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.
A fish, the cunner.
A European crab (Polybius henslowii ).
The claws of a crab or lobster.
(Webster 1913)
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As nouns the difference between pliers and nipper
is that pliers is a gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand while nipper is one who, or that which, nips.pliers
English
(wikipedia pliers)Noun
(en-plural noun)- I need a pair of pliers to get a good grip on that broken screw.
Usage notes
* To make clear the quantity under discussion clearer, the expressions "a pair of pliers" or "(however many) pairs of pliers" can be used. * "A pliers" is somewhat awkward, though accepted in American English.Derived terms
* needlenose pliersSee also
* pincersAnagrams
* * * * * * English pluralia tantumnipper
English
Noun
(en noun)- Heard what I was saying, and nipped off to the patrols the very next day. Pretty smart for a nipper of seven, eh?
- Of our movement’s 153,000 members, over 58,500 are nippers (5-13 years). This equates to nearly 40% of our total membership and shows just how significant the junior movement is within surf lifesaving.[http://www.sls.com.au/nippers]
- SLSA has become a multi-million dollar enterprise comprising 262 clubs located around the Australian coastline, with 100000 members, which included thousands of juniors or 'nippers' , as they were more commonly known.
- It is the first day of training for a group of ten 'little nippers' (novice surf life- savers). An assortment of children expectantly hover in the clubhouse.
- (Ascham)