Bullet vs. Nip — What's the Difference?

A bullet is a kinetic projectile, a component of firearm ammunition that is shot from a gun barrel. The term is from Middle French, originating as the diminutive of the word boulle (boullet), which means "small ball".

Nip is an ethnic slur against people of Japanese descent and origin. The word Nip is an abbreviation from Nippon (日本), the Japanese name for Japan.

A metal projectile for firing from a rifle, revolver, or other small firearm, typically cylindrical and pointed, and sometimes containing an explosive.

To seize and pinch or bite

A small symbol used to introduce each item in a list, for emphasis.

To remove or sever by pinching or snipping

A stick of lipstick (considered separately from the tube in which it is encased)

To bite or sting with the cold; chill.

A usually metal projectile in the shape of a pointed cylinder or a ball that is expelled from a firearm, especially a rifle or handgun.

To check or cut off the growth or development of

Such a projectile in a metal casing; a cartridge.

To snatch up hastily.

An object resembling a projectile in shape, action, or effect.

To take (the property of another) unlawfully; steal.

(Printing) A heavy dot (·) used to highlight a particular passage.

To move quickly; dart.

A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.

To sip (alcoholic liquor) in small amounts

(informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.

To take a sip or sips of alcoholic liquor

Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.

The act or an instance of seizing or pinching.

(typography) A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, “•”, often used to mark items in a list.

A pinch or snip that cuts off or removes a small part

A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment.

The small bit or portion so removed

A rejection letter, as for employment, admission to a school or a competition.

A sharp, stinging quality, as of frosty air.

(slang) One year of prison time.

Severely sharp cold or frost.

(slang) An ace (the playing card).

A cutting remark.

(figuratively) Anything that is projected extremely fast.

A sharp, biting flavor; a tang

(in attributive use) Very fast speedy.

A small amount of liquor.

Chess played at an extremely fast time control, with one minute given to each player. (bullet chess)

A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.

(fishing) A plumb or sinker.

A nipple, usually of a woman.

The heavy projectile thrown in a game of road bowling.

A playful bite.

(Australia) A roughly bullet-shaped sweet consisting of a cylinder of liquorice covered in chocolate.

A pinch with the nails or teeth.

(obsolete) A small ball.

Briskly cold weather.

(obsolete) A cannonball.

A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching

(obsolete) The fetlock of a horse.

A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

A notation used on pop music charts to indicate that a song is climbing in the rankings.

(mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.

A young or little bull; a male calf.

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

To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.

A biting sarcasm; a taunt.

To speed, like a bullet.

(nautical) A short turn in a rope.

To make a shot, especially with great speed.

(papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another

A small ball.

A pickpocket.

A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.

A hamburger.

A cannon ball.

To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.

The fetlock of a horse.

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

A projectile that is fired from a gun

To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.

A high-speed passenger train

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

(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity;

To annoy, as by nipping.

To taunt.

To squeeze or pinch.

To steal; especially to cut a purse.

To affect [one] painfully; to cause physical pain.'

(informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.

A pinch with the nails or teeth.

A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

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

A biting sarcasm; a taunt.

A short turn in a rope.

To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.

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

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

To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.

A small drink of liquor;

A person of Japanese descent

A tart spiciness

A small drink

Small sharp biting

Squeeze tightly between the fingers;

Give a small sharp bite to;

Sever or remove by pinching or snipping;