Brat vs. Imp — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Brat and Imp
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Brat
A child, especially a spoiled or ill-mannered one.
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.
Brat
A child of a career military person.
Imp
A mischievous child.
Brat
A bratwurst.
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Imp
A small demon.
Brat
(slang) A human child.
Imp
(Obsolete) A graft.
Brat
A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
Get that little brat away from me!
Imp
To graft (new feathers) onto the wing of a trained falcon or hawk to repair damage or increase flying capacity.
Brat
(slang) A child (at any age) of an active military service member.
An army brat
Imp
To furnish with wings.
Brat
A turbot or flatfish.
Imp
(obsolete) To engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.).
Brat
(historic) A rough cloak or ragged garment.
Imp
To graft or implant (something other than a plant); to fix or set (something) in.
Brat
A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
Imp
To engraft (a feather) on to a broken feather in a bird's wing or tail to repair it; to engraft (feathers) on to a bird, or a bird's wing or tail.
Brat
(obsolete) The young of an animal.
Imp
(by extension)
Brat
(informal) Bratwurst.
Imp
To provide (someone or something) with wings, hence enabling them or it to soar.
Brat
To act in a bratty manner (as the submissive).
Imp
To add to or unite a object with (something) to lengthen the latter out or repair it; to eke out, enlarge, strengthen.
Brat
A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general.
Imp
A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2).
Brat
A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
Imp
(by extension)
Brat
A child; an offspring; - formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense.
O Israel! O household of the Lord!O Abraham's brats! O brood of blessed seed!
Imp
A mischievous child.
Brat
The young of an animal.
Imp
A baby Tasmanian devil.
Brat
A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
Imp
(obsolete)
Brat
A very troublesome child
Imp
A young shoot of a plant, a tree, etc.; a sapling; also, a part of a plant used for grafting; a graft.
Brat
A small pork sausage
Imp
An offspring or scion, especially of a noble family; (generally) a (usually male) child; a (young) man.
Imp
Something added to or united with another to lengthen it out or repair it (such as an eke or small stand on which a beehive is placed, or a length of twisted hair in a fishing line).
Imp
A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.
Imp
An offspring; progeny; child; scion.
The tender imp was weaned.
Imp
A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker.
To mingle in the clamorous frayOf squabbling imps.
Imp
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.
Imp
To graft; to insert as a scion.
Imp
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.
Imp
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
Imp
One who is playfully mischievous
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