Picky vs Strict - What's the difference?
picky | strict |
Fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right.
(informal) A picture.
* 1988 , Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 44
Strained; drawn close; tight.
Tense; not relaxed.
Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice.
Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
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(botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
Severe in discipline.
As adjectives the difference between picky and strict
is that picky is fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right while strict is strained; drawn close; tight.As a noun picky
is (informal) a picture.picky
English
Adjective
(er)- I am very picky about the way my kitchen works.
Synonyms
* fussy * particular * anal retentive * finicky * pedantic * choosy * See alsoNoun
(pickies)- And who knows, I might do a few pickies of you - fully clothed, needless to say.
Alternative forms
* piccySynonyms
* picstrict
English
Adjective
(er)- strict embrace
- strict ligature
- strict fiber
- to keep strict watch
- to pay strict attention
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- very strict in observing the Sabbath
- to understand words in a strict sense