shaver vs imp

shaver and imp both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of shaver 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.

shaver (noun)	imp (noun)
a razor powered by an electric motor	one who is playfully mischievous
a young person of either sex	(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
an adult male who shaves

Difference between shaver and imp

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