Picker vs Wicker - What's the difference?
picker | wicker |
Agent noun of pick; one who picks.
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(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.
A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture
Wickerwork.
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Made of wickerwork.
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As nouns the difference between picker and wicker
is that picker is agent noun of pick; one who picks while wicker is a wizard.picker
English
Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker' s overalls.}}
Derived terms
* cherry pickerwicker
English
Noun
(en noun)- Then quick did dress / His half milk up for cheese, and in a press / Of wicker pressed it.
Derived terms
* wickerwork * rewicker * Wicker ManSee also
* basket * cradle English terms with homophonesAdjective
(-)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
