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Licky vs Picky - What's the difference?

licky | picky |

As adjectives the difference between licky and picky

is that licky is prone to licking while picky is fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right.

As a noun picky is

(informal) a picture.

licky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Prone to licking.
  • * 1981 , Don Bannister, Long day at Shiloh
    • ...but she gives you the feeling all the time that she's bony that's it bony and if she does fancy it she sure as hell don't show it get a lickier kiss from Granny Coombs than I do offen her all that Methodis' stuff I guess
  • * 2003 , Michael Wordsmiff, James Baggit and the Storyteller's Ring - Page 13
  • *:He was a proper dog; a great, woolly, lolloping beast with huge paddy paws, a waggy tail and a very licky tongue.
  • * 2007 , Augusten Burroughs, Possible Side Effects : True Stories - Page 25
  • *:As soon as the dog was safely enclosed within the area of our legs, it became happy and licky . He ran to one then the other. Then he sat on the floor and watched us watching him.

    • See also

    * licky-licky

    picky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right.
    • I am very picky about the way my kitchen works.

    Synonyms

    * fussy * particular * anal retentive * finicky * pedantic * choosy * See also

    Noun

    (pickies)
  • (informal) A picture.
  • * 1988 , Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 44
    • And who knows, I might do a few pickies of you - fully clothed, needless to say.

    Alternative forms

    * piccy

    Synonyms

    * pic