cherub vs nipper

cherub

noun
  • An artistic depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child or a child's head with wings but no body. 

  • A winged creature attending God, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim; similar to a lamassu in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts. 

  • A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent. 

nipper

noun
  • A mosquito. 

  • A child. 

  • Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping. 

  • A European crab (Polybius henslowii). 

  • A young bluefish. 

  • One who, or that which, nips. 

  • A boy working as a navvies' assistant. 

  • The claws of a crab or lobster. 

  • A fish, the cunner. 

  • One of a pair of automatically locking handcuffs. 

  • A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs. 

  • One of four foreteeth in a horse. 

verb
  • To seize (two ropes) together. 

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