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Nipper vs Tipper - What's the difference?

nipper | tipper |

In slang|lang=en terms the difference between nipper and tipper

is that nipper is (slang) a child while tipper is (slang) a small moustache.

As nouns the difference between nipper and tipper

is that nipper is one who, or that which, nips while tipper is someone who tips, someone who gives a tip.

nipper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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
    • Heard what I was saying, and nipped off to the patrols the very next day. Pretty smart for a nipper of seven, eh?
  • (AU) A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
    • 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]
  • * 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]
  • * 2003 Some Like It Hot: The Beach As a Cultural Dimension
    • 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.
  • * 2008 Understanding Sports Coaching: The Social, Cultural and Pedagogical Foundations of Coaching Practice. Tania Cassidy, Robyn L. Jones, Paul Potrac -
    • 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.
  • * 2009 Didgeridoos and Didgeridon'ts: A Brit 's Guide to Moving Your Life Down Under
  • *:"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.
    • (Ascham)
  • (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) ----

    tipper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who tips, someone who gives a tip.
    • The Americans are among the most generous tippers in the world.
  • A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper.
  • (slang) A small moustache.
    • English agent nouns