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Nipping vs Nippy - What's the difference?

nipping | nippy |

As a verb nipping

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun nipping

is the act or sensation of giving a nip.

As an adjective nippy is

of the weather, rather cold.

nipping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or sensation of giving a nip.
  • * 1789 , Memoirs of the Medical Society of London
    • Being, however, satisfied as to the position, I withdrew my hand, the pains still growing less frequent and weaker, but she lamented greatly the nippings and pinchings in her belly, which rather increased as the true labour pains decreased.
  • * 1999 , Guy Murchie, The Seven Mysteries of Life
    • Elephants may seem clumsy, but they not only are highly sophisticated in courtship, with large repertoires of provocative gestures, proddings, nippings and subtle erotic teasings with the trunk, but sometimes they complete actual copulation within 18 seconds.

    nippy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) Of the weather, rather cold.
    • Gosh, it's a bit nippy today: I'd better wear my gloves.
  • (informal) fast; speedy
  • * Melanie Allen, Customer Relations Management (page 6)
    • A Rolls Royce will not do if you need an economical, nippy car that is easy to park.