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Picker vs Nicker - What's the difference?

picker | nicker |

As nouns the difference between picker and nicker

is that picker is agent noun of pick; one who picks while nicker is pound sterling.

As a verb nicker is

to make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.

picker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Agent noun of pick; one who picks.
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  • (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.

    • Derived terms

    * cherry picker

    nicker

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (nicker)
  • (British, slang) Pound sterling.
    • This coat cost me 50 nicker .
    Synonyms
    * (pound sterling) pound (standard), pound sterling (standard), quid (slang), sov (slang)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
    • Synonyms
    * neigh * whinny

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, slang) One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence.
    • (Arbuthnot)
  • The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.