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Piked vs Spiked - What's the difference?

piked | spiked |

As adjectives the difference between piked and spiked

is that piked is furnished with a pike; ending in a point; peaked; pointed while spiked is containing alcohol or drugs, often without the informing those who partake.

As verbs the difference between piked and spiked

is that piked is past tense of pike while spiked is past tense of spike.

piked

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Furnished with a pike; ending in a point; peaked; pointed
  • Describing a dive in which the knees are kept straight, but the body is bent at a right-angle at the hips

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (pike)

    • Anagrams

    *

    spiked

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a beverage) Containing alcohol or drugs, often without the informing those who partake.
    • The large punch bowl has the special spiked punch, the small punch bowl is for the kids.
  • Having spikes.
  • Of a graph or trend that has rapidly reached a maximum.

    • Synonyms

    * (having spikes): peaked, spiky

    Derived terms

    * spiked sample * spiked value

    Verb

    (head)
  • (spike)