scalawag vs nipper

scalawag and nipper both are nouns.

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

As nouns, nipper is a hypernym of scalawag; that is, nipper is a word with a broader meaning than scalawag:

Other hypernyms of scalawag include child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster.

scalawag (noun)	nipper (noun)
one who is playfully mischievous	a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel	a young person of either sex
a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)