tyke vs imp

tyke and imp both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of tyke 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.

tyke (noun)	imp (noun)
a young person of either sex	one who is playfully mischievous
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement	(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

Difference between tyke and imp

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