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Frickle vs Prickle - What's the difference?

frickle | prickle |

As nouns the difference between frickle and prickle

is that frickle is (obsolete) a bushel basket while prickle is a small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.

As a verb prickle is

to feel a prickle.

frickle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A bushel basket.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    prickle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
  • A kind of willow basket.
    • (Ben Jonson)
  • (UK, obsolete) A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds.

    • Derived terms

    * prickleback * prickly

    Verb

  • To feel a prickle.
  • To cause someone to feel a prickle.

    • Anagrams

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