The difference between Dram and Nip
When used as nouns, dram means a small unit of weight, variously: one sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (approximately 1.77 g). . : a former turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g). : a former greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g), whereas nip means a small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
When used as verbs, dram means to drink drams, whereas nip means to catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dram and Nip
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Dram as a noun (units of measurement):
A small unit of weight, variously: One sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (approximately 1.77 g). . : a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g). : a former Greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g).
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Dram as a noun (now, _, particularly):
Any similarly minute quantity, a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
Examples:
"a dram of brandy"
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Dram as a noun (historical):
A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
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Dram as a noun (obsolete):
a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.
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Dram as a verb (dated, intransitive):
To drink drams.
Examples:
"rfquotek Johnson"
"rfquotek Thackeray"
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Dram as a verb (dated, transitive):
To ply with drams of drink.
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Dram as a noun (numismatics):
The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.
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Nip as a noun:
A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
Examples:
"I’ll just take a nip of that cake."
"He had a nip of whiskey."
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Nip as a noun (slang, vulgar):
A nipple, usually of a woman.
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Nip as a verb:
To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
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Nip as a verb:
To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
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Nip as a verb:
To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
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Nip as a verb:
To annoy, as by nipping.
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Nip as a verb:
To taunt.
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Nip as a verb (Scotland, Northern England):
To squeeze or pinch.
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Nip as a verb (obsolete, UK, thieves):
To steal; especially to cut a purse.
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Nip as a noun:
A playful bite.
Examples:
"The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip."
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Nip as a noun:
A pinch with the nails or teeth.
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Nip as a noun:
Briskly cold weather.
Examples:
"There is a nip in the air. It is [[nippy]] outside."
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Nip as a noun:
A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
Examples:
"the nip of masses of ice."
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Nip as a noun:
A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
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Nip as a noun (mining):
A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
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Nip as a noun:
A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
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Nip as a noun:
A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
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Nip as a noun (nautical):
A short turn in a rope.
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Nip as a noun (papermaking):
The place of intersection where one roll touches another
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Nip as a noun (obsolete, UK, thieves):
A pickpocket.
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Nip as a verb (informal):
To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
Examples:
"Why don’t you nip down to the grocer’s for some milk?"