fry vs imp

fry and imp both are nouns.

fry is a verb but imp is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fry	Yes	No	Yes	No
imp	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, imp is a hyponym of fry; that is, imp is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fry:

fry: a young person of either sex
imp: one who is playfully mischievous

Other hyponyms of fry include bairn, buster, changeling, child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child, foster-child, foster child, fosterling, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, kiddie, kiddy, orphan, peanut, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, poster child, kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler, silly, sprog, bambino, toddler, tot, yearling, urchin, street child, waif.

fry (noun)	imp (noun)
a young person of either sex	one who is playfully mischievous
	(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

fry (verb)	imp (verb)
cook in hot fat or oil
kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
be excessively hot

Difference between fry and imp

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