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Picking vs Kicking - What's the difference?

picking | kicking |

As verbs the difference between picking and kicking

is that picking is while kicking is .

As nouns the difference between picking and kicking

is that picking is a gathering to pick fruit while kicking is the action of the verb to kick .

As an adjective kicking is

(slang) (often kickin') terrific, great (of clothes) smart, fashionable.

picking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gathering to pick fruit.
    • We went to a strawberry picking last June.
  • (usually, pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.
  • * 1899 , , Via Crucis , ch. 9:
    • Gilbert wandered through . . .the haunts of ravenous dogs and homeless cats that kept themselves alive on the choice pickings of the city's garbage.
  • (usually, pluralized) Income or other gains, especially if obtained in a unscrupulous or objectionable manner.
  • * 1919 , , The Secret of the Tower , ch. 11:
    • He liked the pickings which the job brought him much better than the job itself.

    Synonyms

    * (items remaining after others have selected the best) leftovers

    Derived terms

    * easy pickings * in the picking * nit-picking * slim pickings

    kicking

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (slang) (often kickin') Terrific, great (of clothes) smart, fashionable.
    • a kicking pair of jeans
    a kicking party
  • (slang) Alive, active (especially in the phrase alive and kicking )
    • still kicking at 89

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to kick .
    • In boxing, kicking one's opponent is not allowed.
  • A violent assault involving repeated kicks.
    • The bullies pushed the boy over and gave him a kicking .

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * alive and kicking