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Ickle vs Sickle - What's the difference?

ickle | sickle |

As nouns the difference between ickle and sickle

is that ickle is (dialectal) an icicle while sickle is (agriculture) an implement, having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.

As adjectives the difference between ickle and sickle

is that ickle is (childish) little while sickle is shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.

As a verb sickle is

(agriculture|transitive) to cut with a sickle.

ickle

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ikil, ykle, from (etyl) (Gheg okull).

Alternative forms

* (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dialectal) An icicle.

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (childish) little

    • sickle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (agriculture) an implement, having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops

    • Synonyms

    * reap hook * reaping hook

    See also

    * scythe

    Verb

    (sickl)
  • (agriculture) To cut with a sickle
  • To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.
  • To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells.

    • Derived terms

    * sickler

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.
    • a sickle moon

    Related terms

    * sickle cell anaemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell anemia * hammer and sickle