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Licky vs Ticky - What's the difference?

licky | ticky |

As adjectives the difference between licky and ticky

is that licky is prone to licking while ticky is infested with ticks (The tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina..

As a noun ticky is

a tick (particularly, a check mark).

As an interjection ticky is

representing short pitchless sound at a reasonable volume.

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

    ticky

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • infested with ticks (The tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina.)
    • The ticky cows should be kept well separated to avoid contamination.

    Noun

    (tickies)
  • (childish) a tick (particularly, a check mark).
    • Can I get another ticky ?

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (onomatopoeia, also tick) Representing short pitchless sound at a reasonable volume.
    • Ticky-ticky-ticky the clock continued regardless of whether anyone listened.

    See also

    * ticky-tacky