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Knotty vs Ticklish - What's the difference?

knotty | ticklish | Synonyms |

Knotty is a synonym of ticklish.


As adjectives the difference between knotty and ticklish

is that knotty is full of knots while ticklish is sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.

knotty

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Full of knots.
    • knotty pine
  • Complicated or tricky; complex; difficult.
    • a knotty problem

    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