Licker vs Picker - What's the difference?
licker | picker |
Agent noun of pick; one who picks.
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, title= (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface control that selects something.
(engineering) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
(weaving) The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
(military) A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
(slang, gold panning) A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.
As nouns the difference between licker and picker
is that licker is someone or something that licks while picker is agent noun of pick; one who picks.picker
English
Noun
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