Dicey vs Boring - What's the difference?
dicey | boring |
Fraught with danger.
Of uncertain, risky outcome.
* 2012 , Jonathan Deutsch, Natalya Murakhver (editors), They Eat That?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Weird and Exotic Food from Around the World ,
Of doubtful or uncertain efficacy, provenance, etc.; dodgy.
* 1992 , Vincent O'Sullivan, The Witness Man'', in ''Palms and Minarets: Selected Stories ,
* 2011 , Jay Baer, Amber Naslund, The NOW Revolution: 7 Shifts to Make Your Business Faster, Smarter and More Social ,
(slang) Nauseating, rank.
* 2011 , Keemholems Ojei, The Narcodollar Chieftains: The Narcotics Godfathers ,
A pit or hole which has been d.
* 1992 , J. Patrick Powers, Construction dewatering: new methods and applications , p. 191:
Fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.
As adjectives the difference between dicey and boring
is that dicey is fraught with danger while boring is causing boredom.As a noun boring is
a pit or hole which has been d.As a verb boring is
.dicey
English
Adjective
(er)page 161,
- Devouring the flesh of animals killed on roadways can be a bit dicey .
page 95,
- As if I'm not a bit past that, Clem thought, as if with his dicey ticker and all he shouldn?t be taking life pretty quietly, instead of waking with the old memoroes disturbing him.
page xv,
- If you were in the business of selling dicey meat, the invention of the telephone rocked your world.
page 101,
- Some more birds were scared off by the dicey smell. The man was dying gradually.
boring
English
Noun
(en noun)- It is common in urban areas that a great many borings exist from prior construction work.