The difference between Nip and Snifter

When used as nouns, nip means a small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor, whereas snifter means a small alcoholic drink.


Nip is also verb with the meaning: 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 Nip and Snifter

  1. 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."

  1. Nip as a noun (slang, vulgar):

    A nipple, usually of a woman.

  1. 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.

  2. Nip as a verb:

    To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.

  3. Nip as a verb:

    To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.

  4. Nip as a verb:

    To annoy, as by nipping.

  5. Nip as a verb:

    To taunt.

  6. Nip as a verb (Scotland, Northern England):

    To squeeze or pinch.

  7. Nip as a verb (obsolete, UK, thieves):

    To steal; especially to cut a purse.

  1. Nip as a noun:

    A playful bite.

    Examples:

    "The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip."

  2. Nip as a noun:

    A pinch with the nails or teeth.

  3. Nip as a noun:

    Briskly cold weather.

    Examples:

    "There is a nip in the air. It is [[nippy]] outside."

  4. Nip as a noun:

    A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching

    Examples:

    "the nip of masses of ice."

  5. Nip as a noun:

    A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

  6. Nip as a noun (mining):

    A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.

  7. Nip as a noun:

    A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

  8. Nip as a noun:

    A biting sarcasm; a taunt.

  9. Nip as a noun (nautical):

    A short turn in a rope.

  10. Nip as a noun (papermaking):

    The place of intersection where one roll touches another

  11. Nip as a noun (obsolete, UK, thieves):

    A pickpocket.

  1. 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?"

  1. Snifter as a noun:

    A small alcoholic drink.

  2. Snifter as a noun:

    A pear-shaped glass for drinking brandy or other alcoholic beverages.

  3. Snifter as a noun (US):

    A severe storm.

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