Pip vs Nip - What's the difference?
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Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
(humorous) Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.
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(obsolete) A pippin.
A seed inside certain fleshy fruits (compare stone/pit), such as a peach, orange, or apple.
(US, colloquial) Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
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(British, dated, WW I, signalese) P in (RAF phonetic alphabet)
One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
(military, public service) One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
A spot; a speck.
A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
To get the better of; to defeat
To hit with a gunshot
To peep, to chirp
(avian biology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg
One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment if he is to continue his call.
(finance, currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
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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.
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A playful bite.
A pinch with the nails or teeth.
Briskly cold weather.
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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.
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To make a quick, short journey or errand; usually roundtrip.
As nouns the difference between pip and nip
is that pip is any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza while nip is a small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.As verbs the difference between pip and nip
is that pip is to get the better of; to defeat while nip is to catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.As a proper noun Pip
is a diminutive form of the given names Philip, Phillip, and Philippa.As an initialism NIP is
national Immunization Program.pip
English
(pip)Etymology 1
From (etyl) pippe, from Middle (etyl) pip, from post-classical (etyl) pipita, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- I've got the pip horribly at present.
Derived terms
* like a chicken with the pipEtymology 2
Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from (etyl) pipin, from (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)- She sure is a pip , that one. You need company?
Derived terms
* pip emmaEtymology 3
Origin uncertain, perhaps related to Etymology 2, above.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (symbol on playing card etc) spotVerb
- He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.
- The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.
Etymology 4
Imitative.Verb
Etymology 5
Imitative.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (sense) strokeEtymology 6
Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* English palindromes ----nip
English
(Webster 1913)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- I’ll just take a nip of that cake.
- He had a nip of whiskey.
Synonyms
* nibble (of food) * See alsoEtymology 2
Diminutive of nipple .Etymology 3
Probably from a form of (etyl) nipen. Cognate with (etyl) ; (etyl) knebti.Verb
(nipp)Noun
(en noun)- The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip .
- There is a nip''' in the air. It is '''nippy outside.
- 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.
Derived terms
* nip and tuck * nip in the budEtymology 4
Verb
(nipp)- Why don’t you nip down to the grocer’s for some milk?