Pricker vs Picker - What's the difference?
pricker | picker |
One who pricks.
A tool for pricking.
A prickle or thorn.
One who spurs forward; a light horseman.
* Sir Walter Scott
A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
(nautical) A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.
Agent noun of pick; one who picks.
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, title= (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.
As nouns the difference between pricker and picker
is that pricker is one who pricks while picker is agent noun of pick; one who picks.pricker
English
Noun
(en noun)- The prickers , who rode foremost, halted.
- (Knight)
picker
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Noun
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