nipper vs imp

nipper and imp both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of nipper 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.

nipper (noun)	imp (noun)
a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods	one who is playfully mischievous
a young person of either sex	(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

Difference between nipper and imp

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