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Kicker vs Wicker - What's the difference?

kicker | wicker |

As nouns the difference between kicker and wicker

is that kicker is one who kicks while wicker is a flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture.

As an adjective wicker is

made of wickerwork.

kicker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who kicks.
  • (sports) One who takes kicks.
  • (nautical) The kicking strap.
  • (nautical, informal) An outboard motor.
  • (colloquial) An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant.
  • John wants to climb the wall, but the kicker is that it is thirty feet tall.
    Tuition is free; the kicker is that mandatory room and board costs twice as much as at other colleges.
  • (finance) An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract.
  • (poker) An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand.
  • Jill's hand was two pair, aces and sevens, with a king kicker .
  • (slang, Southern US) A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes and/or philosophy.
  • (journalism) The last one or two paragraphs of a story.
  • Derived terms

    * knee kicker

    Anagrams

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    wicker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture
  • Wickerwork.
  • * Chapman
  • Then quick did dress / His half milk up for cheese, and in a press / Of wicker pressed it.

    Derived terms

    * wickerwork * rewicker * Wicker Man

    See also

    * basket * cradle English terms with homophones

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of wickerwork.
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