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Itchy vs Ticklish - What's the difference?

itchy | ticklish |

As adjectives the difference between itchy and ticklish

is that itchy is having or creating an itch, causing a person or animal to tend to want to scratch while ticklish is sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.

itchy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having or creating an itch, causing a person or animal to tend to want to scratch.

    • Derived terms

    * itchy feet * itchy trigger finger

    Related terms

    * itchiness

    References

    * The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary

    ticklish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.
    • She is ticklish only on her tummy and the bottoms of her feet.
  • Touchy, sensitive, or delicate.
  • * 1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, page 162:
    • Opening round three, Enderby moved the ticklish issue of whether to advise the Hong Kong government of the intelligence regarding Ko.
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    • Derived terms

    * ticklishness