Amp vs. Imp

Ampverb

To amplify.

‘He asked the disk jockey to amp it up.’;

Impnoun

A young or inferior devil; a malevolent supernatural creature, similar to a demon but smaller and less powerful.

Ampverb

To excite.

Impnoun

A mischievous child.

Ampverb

To intensify or increase.

Impnoun

A baby Tasmanian devil.

Ampnoun

the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites;

‘a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps’;

Impnoun

(obsolete) A young shoot of a plant, tree etc.

Ampnoun

a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP

Impnoun

(obsolete) A scion, offspring; a child.

Impnoun

Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, such as an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; or a length of twisted hair in a fishing line.

Impverb

(obsolete) To plant or engraft.

Impverb

(archaic) To graft, implant; to set or fix.

Impverb

(falconry) To engraft (feathers) into a bird's wing.

Impverb

To eke out, strengthen, enlarge.

Impnoun

A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.

Impnoun

An offspring; progeny; child; scion.

‘The tender imp was weaned.’;

Impnoun

A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker.

‘To mingle in the clamorous frayOf squabbling imps.’;

Impnoun

Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, - as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line.

Impverb

To graft; to insert as a scion.

Impverb

To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather.

‘Imp out our drooping country's broken wing.’; ‘Who lazily imp their wings with other men's plumes.’; ‘Here no frail Muse shall imp her crippled wing.’; ‘Help, ye tart satirists, to imp my rageWith all the scorpions that should whip this age.’;

Impnoun

(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

Impnoun

one who is playfully mischievous

Imp

An imp is a European mythological being similar to a fairy or demon, frequently described in folklore and superstition. The word may perhaps derive from the term ympe, used to denote a young grafted tree.